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Buchanan, the publisher.","\"America First\" was a prominent slogan in the first part of 1916, extracted from a speech by President Wilson which asked immigrant Americans to set aside their national allegiances. The dedication is consistent with the \"America First\" campaign, and the final line of text is a paraphrase of the Wilson quotation.","This is the second of two editions; the first, for piano alone and substantially longer, was copyrighted on March 7, 1916. The original cover was reprinted for the second edition, though the word “song” was added; hence Menown, who was  the professional manager for Buck and Lowney, is not credited except on the interior, and the phrase \"Military March\" remains on the cover. The music was newly engraved. The lyric, clearly a response to America’s declaration of war, was surely written in April 1917, and the new edition rapidly made ready for publication."]},{"label":"Musical Note","value":"The second edition adapts the first strain and the trio from the first edition, omitting the remainder but retaining the modulation at the trio (now the \"chorus\"). Formerly a march in 2/4, the piece makes idiomatic use of melodic sequence, walking bass, and occasional syncopation."},{"label":"Dedication","value":"Cover, TR, and p. 2, TC: Dedicated to all true Americans"},{"label":"Repository","value":"Sousa Archives and Center for American Music"},{"label":"Rights","value":"No Copyright - United States"},{"label":"Rights Description","value":"This item is in the public domain."},{"label":"Back Cover Description","value":"Text, illustration, and sample: Blue, Just Blue (© 1916 09 29)."},{"label":"Local Identifier","value":"2014_12996_024"},{"label":"Collection Title","value":"James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection"}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://images.digital.library.illinois.edu/iiif/2/efe87370-c55a-0134-2373-0050569601ca-0/full/!256,256/0/default.jpg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://images.digital.library.illinois.edu/iiif/2/efe87370-c55a-0134-2373-0050569601ca-0","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"service":[{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://images.digital.library.illinois.edu/iiif/2/efe87370-c55a-0134-2373-0050569601ca-0","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}],"logo":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/assets/Illinois-Logo-Reversed-Orange-RGB-100-4dc138603db54952c91732afd189efd828ba543796a2ab0f9a81afcf2b308b27.png","related":{"@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4a458870-c0e6-0134-2373-0050569601ca-3","format":"text/html"},"seeAlso":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4a458870-c0e6-0134-2373-0050569601ca-3.json","format":"application/json"},{"@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4a458870-c0e6-0134-2373-0050569601ca-3.atom","format":"application/atom+xml"}],"viewingDirection":"left-to-right","viewingHint":"paged","navDate":"1917-01-01T06:00:00Z","license":"https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/","attribution":"This item is in the public domain.","within":{"@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/collections/692ae4c0-c09b-0134-2371-0050569601ca-6/iiif","format":"application/json"},"sequences":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/4a458870-c0e6-0134-2373-0050569601ca-3/sequence/page","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"Pages","viewingHint":"paged","canvases":[{"@id":"https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/f1b6ffc0-c55a-0134-2373-0050569601ca-e/canvas/canvas1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"America First - 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