Happy Inauguration Day (Tuesday) :)

[Toni KatVixen]

Originally Posted by grandmascrotum

Aretha's hat was funny and I wish there hadn't been any religiousness to the ceremony. Also, I thought Aretha was singing "God Save the Queen." It seems to have the same tune. Can you guys tell this confused Aussie what the deal is with that song?

Beyond that: Yay Obama.

Aretha's hat is a tradition of the African American woman, especially church going women. One of my favorite traditions....being wanting to get that book for awhile.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...storyId=876404http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...storyId=876404

I had to Wikipedia America the Beautiful, I couldn't remember if the music to that was borrowed....but it wasn't according to them. But it was actually the Star-Spangled Banner that was set to a British drinking song.