A Song from The American Songbag by Carl Sandburg

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It's wonderful to see how many people turn out for our CW era musical programs. We try to present one each year (at least). All of our programs are free to the public. Our "multi-purpose" room comfortably holds 60-70.

The very first musical group that we had perform drew 148 people. They were sitting in every available chair; we brought every chair we had from the adjoining research center; people were standing, sitting on the floor, hanging from the ceiling -- there might have been some sitting on the toilets in the nearby restrooms! And, no one complained or left! Thank the good lord that no fire marshal visited that day...