played by military bands on 4th of July.
I first heard them when I would go to Winnipeg Warriors hockey games especially on Sundays back around 1959-60. They used to leave my 10 year-old musical brain in awe and wonder that someone could write great songs like that.
You can really see how those marches inspired Americans through the various wars. My fav: “The Stars and Stripes Forever” with the great thundering bridges.