Something for the weekend. The Triumphal March from Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi. A play written in 1971 and set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the first part of the March has always struck me as the passing of History set to music.
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Almost Chosen People- May 24, 1865: Grand Review-Sherman’s Army
- May 23, 1865: Grand Review-Army of the Potomac
- May 22, 1958: Earliest Known Color Videotaping
- The Ten Commandments
- May 20, 1865: Emancipation Day
- May 19, 1780: New England’s Dark Day
- May 18, 1652: Rhode Island Bans Slavery
- Norwegian Constitution Day
- May 16, 1866: Birth of the Nickel
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