My country 'tis of thee. A card party at which one member does ... drawing others northward. Words and phrases came from nowhere; I rarely had any sense of what they meant or to what context ...

By William H. Kittelson Ordinarily I refrain from responding to the “Left Side of the Prairie” column. However, when Mr. Lapadat felt compelled to publicize that the United Nations had once again ...

But where do the lyrics come from, and what’s the history of the ... In the 19th century, ‘Hail, Columbia’ was used at official functions, alongside ‘My Country, ‘Tis of Thee’ – whose tune is the same ...

invoking the words from King's speech at the Lincoln Memorial in 1963. "We are grateful today that you would use our 47th president so we would sing with new meaning, 'our country 'tis of thee.' ...

In the 1840s, my ancestors escaped the true drudgery of 19th century Norwegian living standards by sailing to America and settling in these parts, where we have toiled, rejoiced, and slowly ...

Eden Prairie High School’s 2007 commencement exercises presented a painful demonstration of how we Americans are being lulled into letting our national identity slip away. Recent letters to the ...

Ordinarily I refrain from responding to the “Left Side of the Prairie” column. However, when Mr. Lapadat felt compelled to publicize that the United Nations had once again declared Norway to ...