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  2. National personification - Wikipedia

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    A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda . In the first personifications in the Western World , warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength ...

  3. Erika (song) - Wikipedia

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    The song begins with the line "Auf der Heide blüht ein kleines Blümelein" (On the heath a little flower blooms), the theme of a flower (Erika) bearing the name of a soldier's sweetheart. [2] After each line, and after each time the name "Erika" is sung, there is a three beat pause , which is filled by the kettledrum or stamping feet (e.g. of ...

  4. Category:National personifications - Wikipedia

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    National personifications in comic books (4 C, 11 P) I. Personifications of Ireland (12 P) M. Marianne (personification) (5 P) U. Uncle Sam (26 P) Pages in category ...

  5. 50 Best Kid-Friendly Songs to Play All Day - AOL

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    The 50 Best Kids Songs Brothers91. ... Justin Timberlake's original Trolls song has over 1.7 billion views, making it his most popular song on YouTube. See the original post on Youtube

  6. Columbia (personification) - Wikipedia

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    The song "Hail, Columbia," an American patriotic song. It was considered with several other songs one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was officially named the national anthem. The song "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" (1843) commemorates the United States under the name Columbia.

  7. List of national anthems - Wikipedia

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    Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...

  8. American patriotic music - Wikipedia

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    They include hymns, military themes, national songs, and musical numbers from stage and screen, as well as others adapted from many poems. [2] Much of American patriotic music owes its origins to six main wars — the American Revolution , the American Indian Wars , the War of 1812 , the Mexican–American War , the American Civil War , and the ...

  9. Marianne - Wikipedia

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    At that time people used to sing a song in the Provençal dialect of Occitan by the poet Guillaume Lavabre : "La garisou de Marianno" (French: "La guérison de Marianne"; "Marianne's recovery (from illness)"). At the time Marie-Anne was a very popular first name; according to Agulhon, it "was chosen to designate a régime that also saw itself ...