{"id":1357,"date":"2015-11-04T00:19:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T00:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2024-05-22T19:19:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:19:58","slug":"celebrate-sousas-161st-birthday-with-the-sousa-archives-staff-on-november-6-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/2015\/11\/04\/celebrate-sousas-161st-birthday-with-the-sousa-archives-staff-on-november-6-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Sousa\u2019s 161st Birthday with the Sousa Archives Staff on November 6, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4480\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Sousas-161st-Birthday-Celebration-1024x536-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4480\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Sousas-161st-Birthday-Celebration-1024x536-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Sousas-161st-Birthday-Celebration-1024x536-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Sousas-161st-Birthday-Celebration-1024x536-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2024\/05\/Sousas-161st-Birthday-Celebration-1024x536-1-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sousa Band in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2, 1911.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music will celebrate John Philip Sousa\u2019s 161st birthday starting at noon on November 6, 2015 with an\u00a0 afternoon of historical Sousa Band recordings and recent recordings by the U.S. Marine Band performing the \u201cMarch King\u2019s\u201d most recognized melodies.\u00a0 The cutting of a special birthday cake will begin at 1pm and our celebration will continue until the music runs out.\u00a0 So please stop by for a sweet treat and a tour of the Center\u2019s new 2015 American Music Month exhibitions documenting Illinois\u2019 Mavericks, Innovators, and Pioneers Shaping America\u2019s Arts Scene.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music will celebrate John Philip Sousa\u2019s 161st birthday starting at noon on November 6, 2015 with an\u00a0 afternoon of historical Sousa Band recordings and recent recordings by the U.S. Marine Band performing the \u201cMarch King\u2019s\u201d most recognized melodies.\u00a0 The cutting of a special birthday cake will begin at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4675,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions\/4675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/sousa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}