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Mar 2, 2003

Lonestar, LeAnn Rimes, Alison Krauss + Union Station and R&B singer Brian McKnight perform at "An American Celebration At Ford's Theatre," a TV taping in Washington, D.C., for an audience that includes president George W. Bush

Mar 6, 2003

George Jones and R&B singer Smokey Robinson are among the recipients when George W. Bush presents the National Medal of Arts at the White House. The award is bestowed by the National Endowment for the Arts

Mar 10, 2003

Dixie Chick Natalie Maines tells a London concert audience, "We're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." The audience cheers, but many U.S. radio stations stop playing Chicks music as the nation prepares for war in Iraq

Mar 10, 2003

A letter is delivered to president George W. Bush from Veterans For Common Sense, questioning the impending war in Iraq. The note is signed by nearly 1,000 high-level military officers and former Army helicopter pilot Kris Kristofferson

Mar 14, 2003

The Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines issues an apology to president George W. Bush, saying she was "disrespectful" when she told a U.K. audience she was "ashamed" of him four days earlier. Many radio stations still refuse to play the band's music

Mar 17, 2003

Cumulus Broadcasting bans all Dixie Chicks songs from its 42 stations, just one of numerous radio chains and stations to take similar action in response to Natalie Maines' statement that she's "embarrassed" by president George W. Bush

Mar 26, 2003

President George W. Bush gives a war-time speech to soldiers at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida. Guest Toby Keith sings "Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (The Angry American)," and Darryl Worley performs "Have You Forgotten?"

Mar 31, 2003

The Cincinnati Reds open the Great American Ball Park with a 10-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. President George W. Bush throws out the first pitch, with music from Clay Walker and Lee Greenwood, who sings "God Bless The U.S.A."

Apr 3, 2003

Lonestar warms up the crowd when president George W. Bush delivers a wartime address to troops at Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville, North Carolina

Apr 12, 2003

Aaron Tippin sings "You've Got To Stand For Something" and "Where The Stars And Stripes And The Eagle Fly" outside the White House in a rally for the troops. Also participating: G. Gordon Liddy, Rush Limbaugh and Arnold Schwarzenegger

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