National Symbols and Songs

Red, white and blue all over (The Morning Call)

5 Jul 2008

More than 200 years after the Liberty Bell was hidden in Zion's Reformed United Church of Christ in Allentown, a replica of that bell, one of the country's most important symbols of freedom, was rung 13 times at the same historic church Friday.

The man behind the music (The Fox Valley Villages Sun)

3 Jul 2008

It's just before 7:30 p.m. on Monday at Aurora Skate Center. The lights haven't dimmed yet, and a few regulars shuffle in.

Obama: 'We only have one National Anthem' (Rocky Mountain News)

3 Jul 2008

Barack Obama said today that a jazz performer's decision to sing the "Black National Anthem" at Denver's State of the City speech was wrong. Singer Rene Marie says it wasn't a stunt.