This is a series of posts that will talk about my favorite Patriotic Songs!
Johnny Cash’s 1974 spoken-word classic “Ragged Old Flag” stands as one of the most distinctive patriotic recordings in American music, blending storytelling, history, and national reflection into a three-minute recitation that remains closely associated with both the singer and the American flag itself.
Here, on the Semiquincentennial of America, I found it fitting to write about Ken Burns, the filmmaker known for his documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States history and culture.
Ken Burns was born Kenneth Lauren Burns on July 29, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, into a family that experienced both cultural richness and early tragedy, as his mother, Lyla Smith Burns, died of cancer when he was just eleven years old, an event that would later shape his sensitivity to themes of memory,
These places collectively embody a renewed appreciation for downtown life, where history and modern commerce intersect.
The phrase “Main Street USA” in its real-world sense refers not to a single location but to a network of historic downtown corridors that have long served as the commercial and cultural hearts of American towns. I grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia, where there was one main intersection. There you’d find City Hall,
I’ll never forget – How about you?
In the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, memorials across the United States have been created to honor the nearly 3,000 victims and to provide spaces for reflection, mourning, and historical memory, with the most prominent being the
HERE IT IS
The Jack Rabbit Trading Post stands as one of the most enduring and recognizable relics of U.S. Route 66, the storied highway that once carried generations of travelers across the American landscape and into the mythology of the open road. Established in 1949 by entrepreneur James Taylor in the high desert of eastern Arizona, the trading post emerged at a moment when automobile travel was booming and roadside
An American barber and businessowner in Seligman, Arizona who has been dubbed the “guardian angel” of U.S. Route 66. He is the main founder of the Historic Route 66 Association of Arizona.
The figure popularly known as “The Angel of Route 66” is Angel Delgadillo, an Arizona barber and businessman whose tireless advocacy helped save America’s most famous highway from fading into obscurity after it was bypassed by the modern interstate system. Born April 19, 1927, in the small town of Seligman, Arizona, Delgadillo grew up along U.S. Route 66 during the road’s golden age,
A large inland lake located in the desert of southeastern California within the low-lying Salton Trough.
The Salton Sea is one of the most unusual geographic features in the United States, a large inland lake located in the desert of southeastern California within the low-lying Salton Trough. Today it appears to be a natural lake, but in reality it was accidentally created in 1905 when floodwaters from the Colorado River broke through
I graduated from Milton High School, Alpharetta, Georgia, in 1976 on the Bicentennial. Hard to believe that was 50 years ago!
America’s Semiquincentennial marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, an event that formally announced the thirteen American colonies’ separation from Great Britain and articulated the philosophical foundations of the new nation. The term “semiquincentennial” combines the Latin roots for half (semi), five (quinque), and hundred (centennial),
A colossal robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty.
The Statue of Liberty, formally titled Liberty Enlightening the World, emerged from the political idealism and transatlantic friendship of the nineteenth century. Conceived in 1865 by French political thinker Édouard René de Laboulaye as a monument to American independence and the abolition of slavery following the Civil War, the statue was envisioned as a gift from the people of France to the United States.
Have you forgotten?
This post was originally published on 9/11/2020 and updated on 9/11/2021
Where were you on September the 11th, 1999 at 8:46 am? I was at work, D&B Software (Geac/MSA) watching on a TV, on a roll cart, that John Hilyer set-up quickly so we could all watch.
