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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. 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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Category:American patriotic songs - Wikipedia

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    Allegiance: Patriotic Song; Am I the Only One (Aaron Lewis song) America (Chicago song) America (Neil Diamond song) America Is My Home; America the Beautiful; America Will Always Stand; America, an Epic Rhapsody; American Boy (Eddie Rabbitt song) American Patrol; American Soldier (song) An American Trilogy; Anchor and Star; Anchors Aweigh ...

  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. Uncle Sam - Wikipedia

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    Uncle Sam (with the same initials as United States) is a common national personification of the United States, sometimes depicting the federal government or the country in general. Since the early 19th century, Uncle Sam has been a popular symbol of the U.S. government in American culture and a manifestation of patriotic emotion. [ 3 ]

  9. Lists of songs - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of songs.In music, a song is a musical composition for a voice or voices, performed by singing or alongside musical instruments. A choral or vocal song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs.