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A Real Flea Market Find: An Original Manuscript of “America”!

Posted by theunquietlibrary on July 4, 2008

A New York gentleman purchased a framed picture of a flower for $10 at a Manhattan flea market three weeks ago.  When he got home, he discovered some mysterious sheets of yellow paper behind the picture.  Experts have now confirmed those sheets of paper are a rare original copy of the lyrics to “America (My Country Tis of Thee)”!

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