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US capital ready for biggest pyrotechnics in history — in stifling heat

TOI correspondant from Washington: Some two centuries after Tipu Sultan’s Mysore projectiles, parlayed by the British into Congreve missiles, led Francis Scott Key to note the “rocket’s red glare” in the Star Spangled Banner, the US capital is about to discover that fireworks, no matter where they come from, are…

The Times of India

How a box set from 1964 attempted to capture the sweep of American music from the colonial era to the counterculture

Long before the Revolutionary War, numerous traditions of Indigenous music flourished in places later incorporated into the United States. European music was heard in the New World from the earliest days of exploration and settlement. Disgruntled colonists in taverns and town squares borrowed British melodies to support new lyrics expressive…

The Conversation

Biden's $100 billion disaster aid request includes money to rebuild the collapsed Baltimore bridge

President Joe Biden’s pending request to Congress for nearly $100 billion in emergency disaster aid includes money to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge after its deadly collapse in March

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Crew Of Cargo Ship Dali To Return Home Soon

Crew members of cargo ship Dali set to return home amidst investigations into Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Legal and investigative proce...

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Baltimore's Key Bridge was built in the '70s, but has a deep and patriotic history

The bridge was built mere yards from where Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814, inspiring him to write the song that would become the U.S. national anthem.

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Jill Scott's remixed national anthem goes viral after performance at Essence Festival

Fans often ask R&B singer and actor Jill Scott why she doesn't sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at sporting events.

Los Angeles Times

Fourth of July 2023: Where does the US national anthem ‘Star Spangled Banner’ come from?

The patriotic song was originally written for a private gentleman’s club in England

The Independent UK

Black folks, don't do July 4 – or else

If you're bent on honoring a holiday that's not about your freedom, here's what you should give up in return

Salon

Fourth of July 2023: Where does the US national anthem ‘Star Spangled Banner’ come from?

The patriotic song was originally written for a private gentleman’s club in England

The Independent UK

Ryan Coogler: "What is American music?"

The "Black Panther" director and composer Kris Bowers ponder what a national anthem written today would sound like

Salon

Is it time for America to adopt a new national anthem?

In the Ryan Coogler-produced documentary Anthem, a cross-country road trip explores a new way to celebrate the US

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Fourth of July 2023: Where does the US national anthem ‘Star Spangled Banner’ come from?

The patriotic song was originally written for a private gentleman’s club in England

The Conversation

A brief history of the NFL, 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the Super Bowl and their tangled saga of patriotism and dissent

When NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden visited the White House in August 1945, no sitting president had ever attended a professional football game. World War II was coming to a close and the commissioner presented President Harry Truman with a golden pass to any game on any day.

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