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America the Beautiful Versus the Star-Spangled Banner as National Anthem

Dec 30, 2020 davidstone1313

If we make room for a second American national anthem, it’s America the Beautiful, a song so rounded and inclusive, it’s a national hymn, if not an official anthem. by David Stone Assorted Ideas, Large &…

Jun 13, 2020 A Different Flag Day 2020, Star Spangled With Doubts Among so much change, Flag Day 2020 will be different as we celebrate cultural diversity surrounded by protest and affirmations of unity.…

Dec 18, 2019 Is The Lincoln Project Really Defeating Trump? For the Lincoln Project, defeating Trump — and Trumpism — in the next elections means saving the country, nothing less. By David…

Jul 2, 2019 Which America Now, Good or Bad, Do You Celebrate? Which America Do You Celebrate? I wrote this four years ago when the idea of Trump as president seemed a joke, but…

Jul 1, 2019 Truth: Why America Is Not Great Back then, I never imagined I’d write these words: America Is Not Great. Unthinkable, but an article in the New York Times,…

May 1, 2019 Star Spangled Banner Story, American Spirit, British Drinking Song The Star Spangled Banner Story ain’t what they taught us back in school, although that version skims some truth. I wanted to…

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