Patriotic Songs
Katherine Lee Bates wrote the poem called "America" in 1895 that became a beloved American Song.
"99% of failures come from people who make excuses."
George Washington
Explores life in America at the turn of the century.
What is Ragtime
song from the 1957 musical West Side Story. Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and Leonard Bernstein composed the music. (sing a line)
America
You're a grand old flag
You're a high-flying flag
And forever in peace may you
what is wave
This song carries the same tune as the UK's anthem, "God Save the Queen.
My Country Tis of thee
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time."
Barack Obama
Covers the first American female executed for her crime.
Chicago
George M Cone Wrote what song about a boy?
I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy.
Did you ever see two Yankees part upon a foreign shore?
When the good ship's just about to start for Old New York once more?
With tear dimmed eye, they say goodbye
They're friends, without a doubt;
When the man on the pier shouts, "Let them clear!"
As the ship strikes out.
Give my regards to ...
what is Broadway
This song has caused controversy over the years due to it's author owning slaves.
The National Anthem
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln
Our founding fathers
1776
performed by Miley Cyrus (sing a line)
what is party in the USA
Look around, look around, how lucky we are to be alive right now. History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
in the greatest city in the world
The hit single from the movie The Jazz Singer was also used in the rededication of the Statue of Liberty in 1984, as the song celebrates America's history as a home for immigrants.
"America" By Neil Diamond
"Don't write so that you can be understood; write so that you can't be misunderstood."
William Taft
Tells the stores in the eyes of the shooter.
Assassins
Written by Toby Kieth
Courtesy of the RED WHITE AND BLUE
they're coming to ...
America, today!
Sung for the President of the United States
Hail to The Chief
"The only thing we have to fear is...fear itself."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The story followed Donny Novitski, a piano prodigy returned home from World War II
Bandstand
finish this line.. The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder,
By being a lot smarter,
By being a self-starter.
Send the word, send the word to beware
We'll be over, we're coming over
And we ...
won't come back till it's over, over there.