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| O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain... |
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| Baseball, the great American pastime. Oriole Park at Camden Yards |
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| Star-Spangled 200 Celebration 1812 - 2012 Baltimore, MD It was the practice at the time to add a stripe and star for each state as it entered the Union, there were 15 stars and stripes on the flag (to represent the 13 original colonies and Vermont and Kentucky, the next two states to enter the union). |
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| Quiet night in Washington |
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| IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER. |
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| July 4th Washington Celebration |