A Duck Might Be Somebody's Mother!

John Philip Sousa! OK, not someone I think of often. But his marches evoke an actual sense of patriotism, versus the fake patriotism that may have first become prominent with rmn, was marinated by that Hollywood fraud, and has been invoked ever-afterwards by the Party of McCarthy.

Those of us not signed up for the corrupt no-thinking, vaccine-phobic, book-banning, education-evil ideology should still feel free to indulge in an occasional actual "patriotic" moment. And what a terrific blend of (music) sectional focuses when we can see the actual performance (I love it when the piccolos get their turn!):