Original and staged recordings of excerpts from famous speeches, first person accounts of notable events, period songs, letters, poetry, interviews with historical figures and news reports.
A collection of well-known patriotic songs including Yankee Doodle-Dandy, The star-spangled banner, America the beautiful, Anchors a-weigh, and many others.
Presents the 1893 poem written by Katharine Lee Bates in celebration of the beauty of America, and features illustrations by Bates' great-great-grandnephew, as well as the musical notation for the song inspired by the poem.
The stories behind the writing of six patriotic American songs: "Yankee Doodle, " "The Star-Spangled Banner, " "America, " "Dixie, " "America the Beautiful, " and "God Bless America.".