'God Bless America' From: The Washington Post | Date: December 27, 2001 | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Mark Silk [Outlook, Dec. 2] criticized the song "God Bless America" for its martial spirit. He said it became "an overnight sensation but not everyone's cup of tea." Well, I was around in 1938 when the song came out, and it became my cup of tea and that of everybody else in my family.

In 1938 the United States was evenly divided between those who figured that Nazi Germany had to be stopped or it would take over the world, and those who thought otherwise. And of the second group a grea...

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