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Cover image of sheet music for "Chicago World's Exposition Grand March" by Victor Vogel

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An MP3 recording of the song "The Viking March" lasting 2 mins. and 23 secs long.

Sheet music for "The Viking March," by H. C. Verner

Cover image of sheet music for "The Viking March," by H. C. Verner

An MP3 recording of the song "The Ferris Wheel Waltz" lasting 4 mins. and 19 secs. long.

An MP3 recording of the song of "Santa Lucia" lasting 2 mins. and 34 secs. long.

An MP3 recording of the song "The Chicago Day Waltz" lasting 3 mins. and 57 secs. long.

Sheet music for "The Ferris Wheel Waltz and Polka," with lithographic image by Orcutt Co., Chicago

Cover image of sheet music for "The Ferris Wheel Waltz and Polka," with lithographic image by Orcutt Co., Chicago.

Sheet music for "Santa Lucia," "Finiculi-Finicula," and "L’addio a Napoli" ("Adieu to Naples")

Cover image of sheet music for "Santa Lucia," "Finiculi-Finicula," and "L’addio a Napoli" ("Adieu to Naples")

Sheet music, "Chicago Day Waltz," by George Valisi

Cover image for sheet music, "Chicago Day Waltz," by George Valisi

Milnor Electric company advertisement including advertisement for the Crosley company's radio station, WLW

A photograph of the historic Grand Opera House after its reconstruction on 1880

A historical representation of Columbia Theatre

A historical photograph of the Academy of Music Halsted Street near Madison Street

Mark Gray shooting at the actor Ewin Booth for modifying Shakespeare's text

A portrait of William Shakespeare

"The resolution consists of one section. Subsection (a) of Section 1 directs the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and the national motto in the Capitol Visitor Center pursuant to an engraving plan.
Subsection…

Hon. Steve Israel rises in the House of Representatives to speak in strong support of the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.

"The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States originated on Columbus Day, 1893. It contained no…

President Reagan's proclamation of this date as Loyalty Day takes inspiration from the Pledge of Allegiance.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the musical composition "Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag", covered by copyright EU399400, granted to Irving Caesar on June 3, 1955.... is…

The 1954 amendment to the Pledge of Allegiance, as signed into law by President Eisenhower in Joint Resolution 243, brings the full addition of "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance and heralds the era of issues between religion and state.

Unemployed men queued outside a depression soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone and the storefront sign reads "Free Soup Coffee & Doughnuts for the Unemployed."

Sheet music for "The Streets of Cairo, or, The Poor Little Country Maid," by James Thornton

An MP3 recording of the song "Streets of Cairo" lasting 2 min. and 46 secs. long.