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This Land is Your Land
This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie, 1944 Woody Guthrie, a legendary folk poet, had a strong influence on the folksong revival of the 1950s. He wrote or adapted over 1,000 songs, including this classic. Guthrie intended the song to be a grassroots response to “God Bless America.” National Recording Registry http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2002reg.html This […]
Veterans Day
November 11 Veterans Day is an official United States holiday to honor all who served in the U.S. Armed Forces. It celebrates America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. History of Veterans Day World War I – known at the time as “The Great […]
All Souls Day, November 2nd
All Souls’ Day commemorates the faithful departed, in particular (but not exclusively) one’s relatives. In Western Christianity the annual celebration is now held on 2 November and is associated with the three days of Allhallowtide, including All Saints’ Day (1 November) and its vigil, Halloween (31 October). In the liturgical books of the western […]
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, a self-taught Illinois lawyer and legislator with a reputation as an eloquent opponent of slavery, shocked many when he overcame several more prominent contenders to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president in 1860. His election that November pushed several Southern states to secede by the time of his inauguration in March […]