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It’s ironic that we play the ‘1812 Overture’ at Fourth of July celebrations

July 4, 2018

The “1812 Overture” isn’t even about America’s War of 1812. So how did music celebrating Russia’s pushback against a foreign power become associated with America’s Fourth of July?

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