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That great son of Danbury, CN.
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OT: Memorial Day Music Thread
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One more from Charles Ives. The piece is named "Decoration Day," the old name for Memorial Day.
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This one strikes home. It's a song of Irish Famine immigrants coming to America and being thrust into fighting for the Union's Irish Brigade and similar units upon arriving. That was my father's grandfather's story.
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