The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it’s time to replace the “men” and “sons” in West Point’s two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics.
The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it’s time to replace the “men” and “sons” in West Point’s two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics. Lt. Gen. Franklin “Buster” Hagenbeck, superintendent of the nation’s oldest military academy, told a congressional oversight committee Wednesday that with more than 3,000 women graduating from West Point since 1976, the change is long …
West Point, N.Y. The gender-specific lyrics in West Point’s two most beloved songs could get an honorable discharge.
WEST POINT, N.Y. The head of the U.S. Military Academy says its time to replace the men and sons in West Points two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics.
Associated Press - May 15, 2008 11:55 AM ET WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) - The gender-specific lyrics in West Point’s two most beloved songs could get an honorable discharge.
Thu, May 15, 2008 (11:47 a.m.) The head of the U.S. Military Academy thinks it’s time to replace the “men” and “sons” in West Point’s two most beloved songs with more gender-neutral lyrics.
LONDON, May 14 (UPI) — A former friend of late British rock ‘n’ roll icon John Lennon said she is selling his handwritten lyrics to the anti-war anthem “Give Peace a Chance.”
It’s been more than 35 years since comedian George Carlin’s “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” performance in Milwaukee famously upheld freedom of speech rights, and still Nashville punks Be Your Own Pet can’t get lyrics like “Eating pizza is really great/So is destroying everything you hate!” past the suits at Universal because they’re get this too violent.
A woman from London is set to make thousands of pounds by selling the lyrics to John Lennon’s classic song Give Peace a Chance.
A former friend of late British rock ‘n’ roll icon John Lennon said she is selling his handwritten lyrics to the anti-war anthem Give Peace a Chance.The BBC said the rare document is expected to fetch as much as $600,000 at Christie’s rock and pop memorabilia auction this summer in London.Gail Renard, the seller, said she was a student in Montreal in 1969 when Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono …
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