| Whether played by a marching band, an
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| | have been greatly moved by the R&B
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| orchestra, or a rock group, there are
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| | version by Ray Charles, a truly wonderful
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| patriotic tunes that everyone in America
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| | blending of emotion with what musicians
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| finds familiar, exciting and uplifting.
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| | call "the groove.""Rally 'Round the
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| But how much do you know about how these
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| | Flag," George F. Root, 1862.
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| songs were created? And what do you know
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| | Written for the Union army and its
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| about the people who wrote them?There are
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| | supporters during the Civil War, the song
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| some surprising facts behind all of this
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| | was hugely popular in the North. This
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| glorious music.So, fire up the barbecue
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| | didn't prevent Confederate troops from
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| grill, look up at the fireworks, and
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| | writing their own lyrics and singing the
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| strike up the band as we reveal the
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| | song throughout the South."When Johnny
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| secrets behind the most influential
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| | Comes Marching Home," Louis Lambert, c.
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| nationalistic musical moments of all
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| | 1863.
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| time."Star Spangled Banner," Francis
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| | Lambert was a pseudonym for Union Army
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| Scott Key, 1814.
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| | Bandmaster Patrick S. Gilmore. His
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| Schoolchildren in America all learn how
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| | lyrics, set to an old Irish folk song,
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| Key watched the British bombardment of
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| | were popular through the whole
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| Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 and
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| | Reconstruction Era (1865-1896). It
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| so admired the courage of the beleaguered
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| | appears in an extended instrumental
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| American forces that he wrote four
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| | version on the soundtrack of Stanley
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| stanzas of "The Star Spangled Banner"
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| | Kubrick's film "Dr. Strangelove.""Battle
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| (only the first is usually performed).
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| | Hymn of the Republic," Julia W. Howe,
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| Key based the melody on an English
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| | 1861.
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| drinking song called "To Anacreon in
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| | Howe is another lyricist who succeeded
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| Heaven." The song has only been the
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| | by utilizing a pre-existing piece of
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| national anthem since 1931, and there was
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| | music, in this case a camp meeting tune
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| a strong movement to replace it with one
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| | of the 19th century (which also became
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| of the other songs on this list."America
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| | "John Brown's Body"). The profound power
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| (My Country 'Tis of Thee)," Samuel F.
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| | of the words combined with the compelling
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| Smith, 1832.
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| | melody cannot be denied, and it was sung
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| The music was composed in the 1700s,
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| | at the funerals of Winston Churchill,
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| sometimes attributed to Henry Cary. First
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| | Robert Kennedy, and Ronald
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| popular in Great Britain as "God Save the
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| | Reagan."Overture: 1812," Petr Ilyich
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| King (Queen)," the song became
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| | Tchaikovsky, 1880.
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| bi-continental in 1832. Modern audiences
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