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The Complicated Legacy of 'My Old Kentucky Home'
When the brightly decorated horses leave the stables at the re-scheduled Kentucky Derby this weekend, they’ll parade to the starting gates to the familiar tune “My Old Kentucky Home.” This year, in a tradition dating , will mark the 100th time that the Stephen Foster song has been played before the race, the longest, sporting event in the United States.Because of the pandemic, will populate the stands of Churchill Downs to sing along this time, leaving just the millions of to share the seeming wistfulness for mythic :The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,Tis summer, the people are...…When the brightly decorated horses leave the stables at the re-scheduled Kentucky Derby this weekend, they’ll parade to the starting gates to the familiar tune “My Old Kentucky Home.” This year, in a tradition dating , will mark the 100th time that the Stephen Foster song has been played before the race, the longest, sporting event in the United States.Because of the pandemic, will populate the stands of Churchill Downs to sing along this time, leaving just the millions of to share the seeming wistfulness for mythic :The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,Tis summer, the people are...WW…
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