History: From Denton to Minneapolis

(via MG) John Philip Sousa was approached following an Oct. 19, 1928 concert in Denton by several representatives of what then was the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Women's University). They presented him with a petition signed by 1,700 young women who wanted him to compose a march for their school. Sousa complied with the request, composing "The Daughters of Texas." Before he could send the march to the students, however, the Sousa Band received a lucrative offer from Minneapolis to play at the dedication of the skyscraper known as the Foshay Tower. Sousa, who apparently didn't have time to create a new march for the dedication, used "The Daughters of Texas," retitling it "Foshay Tower Washington Memorial." The girls, however, received a new march, which again was titled "The Daughters of Texas."