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100 Years of Country Music History By Abby Monteil, Stacker News On 4/10/21 at 9:00 AM EDT Over the past century, the country music genre has become one of the most popular and recognizable within the American music industry. It first originated in the early 1900s, particularly among working-class Southern Americans. Elements of fiddle songs, ballads, banjo, jazz, and blues became entangled together, leading to its official recognition as a genre (often referred to as "hillbilly music") by the 1920s. From there, country music grew roots in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, where the Grand ...

Monday, April 05, 2021   View Larger + The Fays, an intimate theatre on a narrow street in downtown Providence, was a frequent Saturday destination when I was a kid. Originally opened as the Union Theatre in the 1920s at the intersection of Union and Worcester Streets, it was demolished, regrettably, in May of 1951. The theatre’s Saturday special was a stage show followed by a cartoon and a movie. Not long ago, I strolled the street, remembering the theater’s marquee, its sea of deco tiles adorning the outside, the peninsular stage, and the silver screen. The Fays was long gone, but for ...

The American Legion invites high school students to compete in a constitutional speech contest. Winners will earn scholarship money, chance to compete in the national finals. High school students across state have been invited by the Department Oratorical Chairman and Committee of the American Legion to compete in the Annual American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program. The subject in the prepared oration portion of the contest must be about some phase of the Constitution of the United States, emphasizing the duties and obligations of a citizen to the United States government. T...