In 2020, a patriotic march for a wounded nation.
A version of
Stars and Stripes Forever, a piece which in show business was
historically called "the Disaster March". When theaters and circuses had house bands, this march was a code signaling a life-threatening emergency. Except for impending disaster, circus bands never played the tune under any
circumstances
July 4th approaching, feeling America at a moment of life-threatening disaster, he
found himself whistling Scars and Stripes Forever, hoping it would not be forever, that our national fortunes would
improve.