---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 304"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "304"
heading: "National march"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/304"
units:
  - "Subtitle I — Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Part A — Observances and Ceremonies"
  - "Chapter 3 — National Anthem, Motto, Floral Emblem, March, Tree, and Bird"
---

# §304. National march


The composition by John Philip Sousa entitled “The Stars and Stripes Forever” is the national march.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1263.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 304 | 36:188. | Dec. 11, 1987, Pub. L. 100–186, 101 Stat. 1286. |