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Photographer: Larry Gertner
Taken: July 25, 2016
Caption: Inset - The Virginia Minstrels
Additional Description: Caption: Virginia Minstrels co-founder Dan Emmett wrote “Turkey if the Straw” and “Dixie”, which became the anthem of the Confederacy. He later said, “If I had known to what use they were going to put my song, I will be damned if I’d have written it.”
Submitted: December 10, 2018, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p456774
File Size: 0.069 Megabytes

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