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Happy 90th Birthday, Pete Seeger!

Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen lead the crowd in This Land is Your Land at the inaugural concert held at the Lincoln Memorial pm January 18, 2009.. Listen to Folk Alley’s 5-hour side stream of memorable Seeger classics covered by … Continue reading






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MLK 2009: Marian Anderson Sings at the Lincoln Memorial

MARIAN ANDERSON.1939.LINCOLN MEMORIAL See also MLK 2008: The Legacy of Strange Fruit. See other #inaug09 content on this blog. See #inaug09 on Twitter.






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Pete Seeger: This Land Is Your Land

Enough with the rockets’ red glare. Woody’s song should be the National Anthem. Hearing Pete Seeger sing it with Bruce Springsteen and hundreds of thousands of jubilant Americans gathered at the Lincoln Memorial made me weep with joy. With the … Continue reading






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Garth Brooks Sings at the Lincoln Memorial

Give me a cowboy hat and a gospel choir! Can I get a witness? Garth Brooks: American Pie & Shout. Thanks to Dookas27018 for a Shout! perspective from the crowd. See other #inaug09 content on this blog. See #inaug09 on … Continue reading






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Shakira and Stevie Wonder at the Lincoln Memorial

Stevie Wonder, Shakira & Usher sing Higher Ground at the Lincoln Memorial. Check out phatpat1523‘s perspective shot from the crowd. Shakira and Stevie Wonder. [Photo: Todd Heisler/NYT] From The Scene at the Lincoln Memorial - The Caucus Blog - NYT … Continue reading






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