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Thursday TOON Roundup 3- The Rest (Original Post) n2doc Sep 2016 OP
Thank you for the cartoons Gothmog Sep 2016 #1
Thank you madokie Sep 2016 #2
all toons annabanana Sep 2016 #3
Snyder.. that miserable asshole. mountain grammy Sep 2016 #4
K & R ...... nt Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #5
Good Ones Doc! Dyedinthewoolliberal Sep 2016 #6
How many folks know the HISTORY of the music? raven mad Sep 2016 #7
K&R and thanks for the toons! LongTomH Sep 2016 #8
K&R Jeffersons Ghost Sep 2016 #9
3 Ring binder - perfect PatSeg Sep 2016 #10
Thanks n2doc... missed 'em the first go-round. (n/t) SMC22307 Sep 2016 #11

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7. How many folks know the HISTORY of the music?
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 04:07 PM
Sep 2016

I think we did the Brits better by appropriating it.............. Yes, I stand up. Yes, I salute (USAF), yes my kids stand up and hand over chest salute........... BUT!

"The Anacreontic Song", also known by its incipit "To Anacreon in Heaven", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. The tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry". The latter combination became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America, in 1931.

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