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Kicked around offering everything from Sousa march to Hendrix’s version of the national anthem, but figured Ray Charles’ “America the Beautiful” (as performed in 1972) would be the one choice no one could object to. Have a happy 4th!
Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York Magazine; a longtime contributor to the Washington Monthly; and a former policy adviser to three governors and a U.S. senator from his home state of Georgia.
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