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1861: "The Cause"

Country Music

“The Sons and Daughters of America” (1964 – 1968)
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken?” (1968 – 1972)
“Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’” (1984 – 1996)
“The Rub” (Beginnings – 1933)
“Hard Times” (1933 – 1945)
“The Hillbilly Shakespeare” (1945 – 1953)
“I Can’t Stop Loving You” (1953 – 1963)

Hemingway

The Blank Page (1944-1961)
The Avatar (1929-1944)
A Writer (1899-1929)

Muhammad Ali

Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016)
Round Three: The Rivalry (1970 - 1974)
Round Two: What's My Name? (1964-1970)
Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964)

The American Buffalo

Into the Storm
Blood Memory

The Civil War

1865: "War Is All Hell"/"The Better Angels of Our Nature"
1864: "Valley of the Shadow of Death"/"Most Hallowed Ground"
1863: "Simply Murder"/"The Universe of Battle"
1862: "A Very Bloody Affair"/"Forever Free"

The National Parks

 Morning of Creation (1946-1980)
Great Nature (1933-1945)
Going Home (1920-1933)
The Empire Of Grandeur (1915-1919)
The Last Refuge (1890-1915)
The Scripture of Nature (1851-1890)

The U.S. and the Holocaust

“The Homeless, Tempest-Tossed” (1942 - )
“Yearning to Breathe Free” (1938-1942)
“The Golden Door” (Beginnings-1938)