Honoring America in Song

Posted by Tim Mikulski On July - 3 - 2012

In honor of the holiday, I thought I’d share a few videos of artists singing patriotic songs (p.s. if scrolling messes up the videos or text, just reload the page).

We’ll start with Americans for the Arts Artists Committee member Josh Groban’s three-song performance just down the road from our D.C. office in 2011:

Here is one of my favorite performances of The Star-Spangled Banner to date, as the Dixie Chicks sang prior to the 2003 Super Bowl: 

And, of course, probably the most famous renditions to date by the late Whitney Houston:

Happy Independence Day from the staff, board, and artists committee of Americans for the Arts!

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