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Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States

Name: Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the United States
Author: U. S. Citizenship

U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Read by Beau Wood, BettyB, Melvin Lee, Phil Schempf, Matthew Datcher and Cam Milne · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Message From the Director (4:48)
Rights and Responsibilities of US Citizens (10:25)
Patriotic Anthems: Star Spangled Banner (4:11)
America the Beautiful & God Bless America (6:21)
I Hear America Singing & Concord Hymn (5:19)
The New Colossus & Flag of the United States of America (4:11)
Pledge of Allegiance, Great Seal of the United States & Motto of the United States (7:08)
Presidential and Historical Speeches: George Washington (5:23)
First Inaugural Address & Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln (6:35)
The Four Freedoms—Franklin D. Roosevelt & Inaugural Address—John F. Kennedy (10:40)
I Have a Dream—Martin Luther King, Jr. & Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate—Ronald Reagan (6:51)
Documents of American Democracy & The Mayflower Compact (5:36)
The Declaration of Independence (17:18)
The Federalist Papers & The Constitution of the United States (6:32)
The Bill of Rights & Emancipation Proclamation (9:28)
Landmark Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (1:35)
Marbury v. Madison (5:05)
Plessy v. Ferguson (3:56)
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (3:52)
Brown v. Board of Education (3:47)
Presidential Statements on Citizenship and Immigration (13:40)
Prominent Foreign-Born Americans (24:00)
Acknowledgements (2:36)