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January 23, 2009

“Perhaps the greatest song ever written about our home….”

I don’t think Woody Guthrie could have imagined that this song would be sung on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the new President. Pete Seeger, who rode the rails with Guthrie during the Great Depression, included pro-workers’ rights lyrics that are often left out.

It was such a powerful moment (even though I was cold and tired and cranky).

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