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  • What you may not know about “God Bless America”

    Sheryl Kaskowitz lists six surprising facts about the song “God Bless America” that you probably don’t know: It was written by Irving Berlin.  Like so many songs that have entered in American consciousness, “God Bless America” has attained the composerless status of an anthem or a folk song, but it has roots in Tin Pan Alley.…