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What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 19 hours agoFireworks, flags and fighter jets are all part of the Canada Day experience. But how did this annual...
The Real Story Behind the Star-Spangled Banner, the Flag That Inspired the National Anthem
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoOn a rainy September 13, 1814, British warships sent a downpour of shells and rockets onto Fort...
Chiefs’ coach didn’t fire top players for anthem kneeling
Politifact· 22 hours agoKansas City Chiefs fans can rest assured: Contrary to social media posts, Patrick Mahomes, Chris...
Chicago White Sox welcome Star-Spangled audition videos for inaugural national anthem fan contest
Major League Baseball· 4 days agoThis group includes Hall of Fame great Harold Baines, NBC 5 Chicago Emmy-nominated news anchor and...
Arguments for and against changing ‘O Canada’
Toronto Star· 1 day agoTo write about falling asleep during “O Canada” at the citizenship can be excused by the listener’s age (eight)! To say that the anthem is ”boring” and...
Fun Fact: Americans Spend Over $1 Billion Dollars on Fireworks Every Year
Redbook via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoCheck out these 4th of July facts that you probably never knew. Brush up on trivia and impress your...
Here's Orville Peck Singing the Anthem at an MLB Game (and Showing More of His Face Than Ever) |...
Exclaim! Music· 1 day agoThis weekend marked the end of Pride Month, and queer country icon Orville Peck celebrated by...
U.S. presidential debate: Biden looks frail and halting against Trump bluster
National Post· 5 days agoA raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in...
Attention: US teams tackling the challenge of ending an Olympic rugby sevens medal drought
Toronto Star· 5 days agoThe anthem played as Army officer Sammy Sullivan stood to attention, saluting, beside her United...
Misunderstood 'patriotic' songs for the Fourth of July, from 'Born in the U.S.A.' to 'American...
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days ago...Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie’s enduring classic may be seen as an alternative to the national anthem, but it wasn’t intended as such when the singer/songwriter wrote it in 1940 after being irritated by radio stations playing Irving...stood hungry, I stood there wondering / If God blessed America...