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    • Jun 14, 1774
    The U.S. Army is founded, providing future employment for George Strait, Elvis Presley, Gene Autry, Craig Morgan and Conway Twitty, among others
    Sep 14, 1814
    Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" after seeing the British military attack Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. It becomes a standard feature of sports events the following century, performed by Trisha Yearwood, LeAnn Rimes, Martina McBride and Brad Paisley, among many others
    Apr 12, 1861
    The Civil War begins when Confederate troops open fire on Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Southerners are destined to lose, though Hank Williams Jr. eventually ponders a different outcome in his 1988 country hit "If The South Woulda Won"
    Apr 9, 1865
    Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders at the Appomattox courthouse in Virginia, bringing an end to the Civil War. Hank Williams Jr. will ponder a different outcome in 1988 with his country hit "If The South Woulda Won"
    Jun 26, 1876
    General George Custer is killed during his famous last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana. His memory is rekindled in Elton Britt's "There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere" and Ed Bruce's "The Last Cowboy Song"
    Jan 26, 1880
    General Douglas MacArthur is born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He gives a speech in 1951 that inspires Gene Autry to write the country hit "Old Soldiers Never Die"
    Jul 13, 1914
    Clarence Carson enlists in the National Guard, three days before his father, Fiddlin' John Carson, joins
    Jul 16, 1914
    Three days after his son, Clarence, enlisted, Fiddlin' John Carson joins the National Guard in Georgia
    Jun 22, 1916
    Fiddlin' John Carson's two-year hitch with the National Guard ends with a discharge
    Sep 20, 1917
    John Lair, the future founder of "The Renfro Valley Barn Dance," begins a hitch with the U.S. Army



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