Technology Preserves our American Heritage
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Is your interest in history heightened with two movies in recent years that dramatize the history of the U.S.? There is also a show on PBS called “The History Detectives”, that delves into all sorts of interesting questions.
Technology is playing a huge part in getting all kinds of historical information to the typical user. Do they even publish encyclopedias any more?? There is a wealth of information on-line. We’ll focus on the patriotic since it’s the 4th!
The Library of Congress has been busy digitizing American Music, Theatre & Dance at their site: http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/ihas/lcp-home.html.
It seems like we don’t hear our great American patriotic songs much, but at this site you can click the link, “Patriotic Melodies”, and it will bring up a list of many beloved songs and their history, such as “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, and “You’re A Grand Old Flag”. Many of the songs have sheet music and mp3s available.
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