Henry Hall Wilson, a student at the music camp 25 years ago and now on the President's staff as liaison representative with the House of Representatives, turned guest conductor for a Sousa march, the `` Stars and Stripes Forever ''.

Wills favored jazz-like arrangements and the band found national popularity into the 1940s with such hits as " Steel Guitar Rag ", " New San Antonio Rose ", " Smoke on the Water ", " Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima ", and " New Spanish Two Step ".

McCarry served in the United States Army, where he was a correspondent for Stars and Stripes, has been a small-town newspaperman, and was a speechwriter in the Eisenhower administration.

The navy ( PMS 289 C ) road jerseys ( nicknamed the " Stars and Stripes " jersey ) have white lettering and numbers with navy pinstripes.

* 1775 – The becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag ( the precursor to the Stars and Stripes ); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

The design of the first Stars and Stripes by Hopkinson had the thirteen stars arranged in a " staggered " pattern technically known as quincuncial because it is based on the repetition of a motif of five units.

* The flag of the United States, also nicknamed The Stars and Stripes or Old Glory.

Nicknames for the flag include the " Stars and Stripes ", " Old Glory ", and " The Star-Spangled Banner " ( also the name of the national anthem ).

Suddenly the Stars and Stripes flew — as it does today, and especially as it did after the September 11 attacks in 2001 — from houses, from storefronts, from churches ; above the village greens and college quads.

* 1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.

In 1890, the Third Imperial Guard of the Imperial Japanese Army was moved to a site near Roppongi ( now home to the Pacific bureau of Stars and Stripes ).

US Army heliport and Stars and Stripes ( newspaper ) | Stars and Stripes office in Roppongi-Nanachōme

Several large US military installations were located in the nearby area, with Hardy Barracks probably the most significant ( the US Embassy Housing Compound, Hardy Barracks Recreational Lodging, Stars and Stripes office and heliport are still there ).

** Team New Zealand wins the America's Cup in San Diego, beating Stars and Stripes 5 – 0.

* December 25 – John Philip Sousa composes his magnum opus, the Stars and Stripes Forever, on Christmas Day.

* March 6 – John Philip Sousa, American band leader, conductor, and composer ( The Stars and Stripes Forever ) ( b. 1854 )

* November 6 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor ( Stars and Stripes Forever ) ( d. 1932 )

* June 14 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by the Continental Congress as the Flag of the United States.

* Booknotes interview with Jack Germond and Jules Whitcover on Whose Broad Stripes and Bright Stars?

Among his best known marches are " The Washington Post ", " Semper Fidelis " ( Official March of the United States Marine Corps ), and " The Stars and Stripes Forever " ( National March of the United States of America ).

He had conducted a rehearsal of " The Stars and Stripes Forever " the previous day with the Ringgold Band.

* " Stars and Stripes Forever " ( 1896 ) ( National March of the United States )

After Bill Mauldin did his popular " Willie and Joe " cartoons for the WWII Stars and Stripes, he returned home to a successful career as an editorial cartoonist and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Former Stars and Stripes staffers also include 60 Minutes ’ Andy Rooney and Steve Kroft, songwriter and author Shel Silverstein, comic book illustrator Tom Sutton, author Ralph G. Martin, painter and cartoonist Paul Fontaine, author and television news correspondent Tony Zappone, cartoonist Vernon Grant ( A Monster Is Loose in Tokyo ), Hollywood photographer Phil Stern and the late stock market reporter and host of public television's Wall Street Week, Louis Rukeyser.

* Bill Mauldin, noted cartoonist and author of the Willie and Joe series which appeared in the American Army newspaper Stars and Stripes, was at Anzio, serving with the 45th Infantry Division.

Master Sergeant Pedro Rodríguez ( January 3, 1912 – October 19, 1999 ), earned two Silver Stars within a seven day period during the Korean War.

In April 1981, Bill Haley & His Comets returned to the British musical charts once again when MCA Records ( inheritors of the Decca catalog ) released " Haley's Golden Medley ", a hastily compiled edit of the band's best known hits in the style of the then-popular " Stars on 45 " format.

As he explained in 1976 to Bill Craig of Stars and Stripes, " Being an eater, this assignment was a real pleasure for me.

*** The Minnesota North Stars, for Bill Masterton.

Bill Sees Stars

A cartoon by Bill Mauldin in the American army newspaper Stars and Stripes shows two soldiers in a foxhole, one playing a harmonica, while the other comments, " The krauts ain't following ya too good on ' Lili Marlene ' tonight, Joe.

Under head coach Bill Sharman the Stars were the first major professional basketball team to use a pre-game shootaround.

In June 1970, Kirst sold the team to Colorado cable TV pioneer Bill Daniels, who moved the team to Salt Lake City as the Utah Stars.

René has performed and recorded as a leader and featured sideman with the crème de la crème of Black Musical tradition, to name a few — Jackie McLean, the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band, Lionel Hampton-All Stars, Tito Puente Orchestra, Horace Silver, Woody Shaw, Dr. Bill Taylor, Baba Olatunji, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Abbey Lincoln, Dexter Gordon, James Moody, Yusef Lateef, Jaco Pastorius, Jerry Gonzales ' Forte Apache Band, Hamza El Din, as well as in collaboration with premier poet-activist Amiri Baraka ( Leroi Jones ).

The trophy is named in honour of the late Bill Masterton, a Minnesota North Stars player who died on January 15, 1968, after sustaining an injury during a hockey game.

He was a member of the seminal Congolese rumba group African Jazz, and has collaborated with many other musicians, including Fania All Stars, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Don Cherry, and Sly and Robbie.

Kermit Driscoll has recorded and performed with: The American Composers Orchestra, Patti Austin, Chet Baker, Bang-on-a-Can All Stars, Don Byron, John Cale, Dave Douglas, Robert Dick, Buddy Emmons, Michael Feinstein, Erik Friedlander, Bill Frisell ( a band member from 1987 to 1996 ), George Garzone, Elliot Goldenthal, Michael Gordon, Gerry Hemingway, John Hollenbeck, Wayne Horvitz, Stephan Houben, David Johansen, Russ Johnson, Ben E. King, Tony Malaby, Ben Monder, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur, Philharmonia Virtuosi, The Pointer Sisters, Buddy Rich ( bass chair 1981 ), Mick Rossi, Elliott Sharp, Keely Smith, Phoebe Snow, Soldier String Quartet, Toots Thielmans, Mel Torme, Tony Trischka, Emil Viklicky, Kenny Werner and John Zorn.

This duo recorded and released the band's ambient debut album, Feel Good Lost, on Noise Factory Records in 2001, with contributions by Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Bill Priddle, Leslie Feist, Jessica Moss and Stars ' Evan Cranley.

U. S. News and World Report listed him ( along with then-Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton ) as one of “ Ten Rising Stars of American Politics ”, and a 60 Minutes profile introduced him to a televised national audience.

King, Bill Doggett, Golden " Big " Wheeler, Billy Branch, Bo Diddley, Bobby " Blue " Bland, Bobby Rush, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, Calvin Jones, Carey Bell, Carl Perkins, Chicago Blues Museum All Stars, Barrelhouse Chuck, Chuck Berry, Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown, Dave Myers, Dion Payton, Dr. John, Eddie Boyd, Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Vinson, Eddy Clearwater, Etta James, Fenton Robinson, Floyd Jones, Fontella Bass, Hank Ballard, Henry Townsend, Homesick James, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, Jerry Portnoy, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Rogers, Jimmie Lee Robinson, Jody Williams, John Lee Hooker, Johnnie Taylor, John Brim, Johnny Shines, Johnny Winter, Junior Wells, Keith Richards, Koko Taylor, Little Milton, Little Willie Littlefield, Lonnie Brooks, Lowell Fulson, Louisiana Red, Luther Allison, Lurrie Bell, Magic Slim, Matt Murphy, Memphis Slim, Mick Taylor, The Neville Brothers, The Ice Cream Men, Otis Rush, Pee Wee Crayton, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Robert Cray Band, Robert Lockwood, Jr., Sam Lay, Otis " Big Smokey " Smothers, Snooky Pryor, Son Seals, Lacy Gibson, Staple Singers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sugar Blue, Sunnyland Slim, Taildragger, Taj Mahal, Willie Buck, Willie Dixon, Yank Rachell, Lil ' Ed Williams and the Blues Imperials, and Johnny B. Moore.

Bill Laimbeer won the Shooting Stars competition at the 2007 NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas along with Chauncey Billups of the Detroit Pistons and Swin Cash of the Detroit Shock.

After seeing Sha Na Na in the movie Woodstock, they added three dancers to the act and called the band The Shooting Stars featuring The Galaxies, the name inspired by Bill Haley & His Comets.

Bouchard along with Richard and Lach were named to the NHL All Stars ' second team and goaltender Bill Durnan made the first team and won the Vezina.

The mainstays of the Detroit Stars during the 1920s were Hall of Fame center fielder Turkey Stearnes, who ranks among the all-time Negro league leaders in nearly every batting category ; Hall of Fame pitcher Andy Cooper, a workhorse southpaw ; pitcher Bill Holland ; and first baseman Wesley, who led the league in home runs twice and batting average once.

Conner's 1992 IACC AC yacht, Stars & Stripes USA-11 lost the defender series final, the Citizen Cup, to Bill Koch's America3 USA-23.

Bill Cowher's late wife, Kaye ( née Young ), also a North Carolina State University graduate, played professional basketball for the New York Stars of the ( now defunct ) Women's Pro Basketball League with her twin sister Faye.

Stars Virginia McKenna as Joy Adamson and Bill Travers as George Adamson.

Other game shows Edwards hosted over the years included the New York-based Shoot For the Stars in 1977, Chain Reaction ( as a substitute host for Bill Cullen in 1980 and a regular host from 1986 – 91, having taken over from Blake Emmons ), Starcade, Play the Percentages and a revival of Jackpot from 1989-90.