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Sousa in Paris and the 1900 World Tour Highlights
The article recounts Sousa and his band at the Paris Exposition including the Die Wacht am Rhein performance, later detailing Thay and the Paris party, the Washington and Lafayette statues unveilings, and 175 European concerts. It notes McKinley’s 1901 assassination era, Sousa’s Nearer My God to Thee tributes, and a 1901 Europe tour ending with a Glasgow farewell.
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Madison Square Garden
New York City
Thaw
Potomac
Frederick
Paris
Pittsburgh
Sousa
Ritz
Playboy
Carmen
George Washington
Lafayette
Gormeny
Belgium
Holland
England
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Willow Grove Park
America
Buffalo
Manhattan Beach
Leon Czolgosz
William McKinley
United States
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
United States Marine Band
Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
U.S. Marine
Lake View Cemetery
Cleveland
McKinley
Columbus
Ohio