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The original star-spangled banner (The Smithsonian) The Star-Spangled Banner Lyrics by Francis Scott Key Music by John Sta...

May the lives remembered, the deeds recognized,  and the spirit reawakened be eternal beacons,  which reaffirm respect for li...

On August 20, 1950, Hawaii became the 50th state of the Union... You might expect a modern, tropical paradise like Hawaii to choose a...

Forged from division and settled away from the denser and older societies east of the Mississippi, Missouri has been home to some wonderf...

Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct  to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior  above the individual level...

John Denver, c. 1975 on Rollingstone   In 1972 ... a young musician named John Denver (1943-1977) recorded a song about Co...