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The US Space Force flag flies against a blue sky with puffy white clouds on the mall at the Minnesota Capitol in Minneapolis. Visible behind the flags are part of the memorial to John Johnston and the capitol with its signature golden “Quadriga” sculpture. The Space Force flag is attached to a tall flagpole topped by the United States “Stars and Stripes” flag. In order from there, top down, are the flags of US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Navy, the US Air Force, the US Coast Guard, and the US Space Force. Photo Stephen Maturen / Getty Images, courtesy of Iowa Public Radio and NPR.
Let’s Revisit the Space Force!

Let’s Revisit the Space Force!

Back on July 20, 2022, I wrote about a Dallas Winds Fourth of July concert. We played a medley of armed service anthems but stiffed the recently created Space Force. Did the Space Force, created in 2019, even have an anthem? At that time there was only an interim anthem, penned by John Philip Sousa. The Space Force Anthem The Sousa march is called The Invincible Eagle. Sousa wrote it in 1901 for the Pan-American Exposition, held in Buffalo, New…

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