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Why is Pomp and Circumstance Played at Graduations?

Check my other channel Biographics! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut Why are Ambulances Called Ambulances? https://youtu.be/PguTmDNISzQ?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 Why are School Buses Yellow and Why Dont They Have Seatbelts https://youtu.be/ThBAFND05ds?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 In this video: Every year, hundreds of thousands of students march across a stage in a gown and a squared hat to receive a piece of paper that says they’ve completed a particular phase in their education. This school graduation will undoubtedly be marked by cheering, proud adults, and, particularly in North America, the playing of the seminal marching tune “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1.” So, why is Pomp and Circumstance played at seemingly every graduation? Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/06/why-is-pomp-and-circumstance-always-played-at-graduations/ Sources: https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2010/08/pomp-and-circumstances.html https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/pomp-and-circumstance.html https://www.thespectrum.com/story/entertainment/2017/05/18/history-pomp-and-circumstance/330722001/ https://www.wqxr.org/story/how-pomp-and-circumstance-marched-its-way-graduation-season/ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1273081 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-does-every-american-graduation-play-pomp-and-circumstance-180963504/ https://www.etymonline.com/word/circumstance http://www.elgar.org/2english.htm http://www.elgar.org/3pomp-a.htm http://www.elgar.org/3pomp-b.htm https://books.google.com/books?id=rS8rDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=King+Edward+VII+coronation+pomp+and+circumstance+august+9&source=bl&ots=1bbr3YYMHq&sig=f

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  • Originally Aired August 6, 2018
  • Runtime 6 minutes
  • Production Code d8nEa48_bIE
  • Created September 18, 2020 by
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  • Modified September 18, 2020 by
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