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Many versions of America in music textbooks and an artist’s book

America (or My Country ‘Tis of Thee, as many knew it growing up) is one of those songs that has a vibrant and fascinating history that reaches back to a time before America was America and extends into the present. For American music curricula that aims to support a specific type of character-building ideology, centered around the concept of a national identity, this is a staple—it would be difficult to name a more ubiquitous patriotic song. The reach of the song has also made it a popular tool of (frequently conflicting) propagandistic agendas over the years. 

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