‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ is a popular American march that was composed by…

A John Philip Sousa
B James M. Fulton
C George Gershwin

John Philip Sousa’s famed patriotic march was composed in 1896 and adopted as the National March of the United States in 1987. In the early 1900s, the march was used in live entertainment to indicate that a life-threatening crisis was happening onstage.

The correct answer is John Philip Sousa.