Music at the inauguration

So where was I yesterday morning? Listening and watching President Obama's inaugaration.

I did like listening to the bands and the military marches that came after.

Aretha Franklin sang "My country tis of Thee." The CBC commentator mentioned that the tune is the same as "God save the Queen."

An aside to that matter I do not remember anyone singing "God save the King" in my lifetime but I was very young when Elizabeth II came to the throne. My mom told me a story that as a very young person I stood up for the first time when "God save the King" was being played on the radio. I expect this may be true as King George VI died on Wednesday, 6 February 1952. I would have been 10 months old at that time.