March 4, 2022 - National Sons Day | Marching Music Day

Welcome to March 4th, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate the kids who ride our coattails and the geeks who make our hearts beat faster. John Adams played an integral role in the birth of America. And all the while, his son John Quincy observed him and took mental notes. As a child, he watched the Battle of Bunker Hill. By the age of 14, he was already involved in politics, serving as secretary to the American ambassador to Russia. A couple years later, he joined his father in Paris to aid the men working out the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revolution. Over the next few decades, he served as an ambassador, then a Senator, and eventually became the 6th president of the United States. Although he wasn’t a very popular Commander in Chief, his parents were very proud of their son. On National Sons Day, remember that the kid following your footsteps today, will likely be leading others tomorrow. Not all band geeks are fit for the football field, but one trombone player proved his metal. In the 1982 Cal versus Stanford football game in which the Golden Bears scored a touchdown in the last four seconds, band geek Gary Tyrell first met Kevin Moen in a mighty collision. Believing that the game was over, the Stanford Marching Band had taken to the field in celebration, but Moen was too caught up in winning the game to avoid tackling Tyrell. Gary appeared on the Tonight Show, saying that he thought he would be famous for his talent as a musician, not for being knocked down on the football field. Fortunately the two became friends for life. On Marching Music Day we celebrate the geeks who make our hearts beat faster in the drum lines, drill squads and color guards. I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices