God Bless America 
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SOURCE: NYT
11-9-18
The Complicated DNA of ‘God Bless America’
by James Kaplan
The nation loved the song, which was introduced 80 years ago. But some reviled Irving Berlin for his presumption, as an immigrant and a Jew, in having written it at all.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
6-6-18
The surprising history of “God Bless America,” the patriotic hymn Trump might have forgotten
The lyrics have a storied history — one deeply entwined with America’s ever-uneasy relationship between religion and politics.
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