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===Tributes=== {{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= | audio1 = [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958461934 βFresh Air with Terry Gross, January 28, 2014: Obituary for Pete Seeger"], [[Fresh Air with Terry Gross]]. Scroll down to 'View online' to hear the audio interview.}} * A proposal was made in 2009 to name the [[Walkway Over the Hudson]] in his honor.<ref>[[Alan Chartock]], "New York has a chance to honor an American hero," ''Legislative Gazette'', April 24, 2009, found at [http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2009-04-24-63866.113122_New_York_has_a_chance_to_honor_an_American_hero.html Legislative Gazette website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802044042/http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-c-2009-04-24-63866.113122_New_York_has_a_chance_to_honor_an_American_hero.html |date=August 2, 2012 }}. Accessed April 29, 2009.</ref> * A posthumous suggestion that Seeger's name be applied to the [[Tappan Zee Bridge Replacement|replacement Tappan Zee Bridge]] being built over the [[Hudson River]] was made by a local town supervisor.<ref name="upi.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140128/pete-seeger-should-have-new-tappan-zee-bridge-named-for-him-downstate-politician-says|title=Pete Seeger should have new Tappan Zee Bridge named for him, downstate politician says|website=Dailyfreeman.com|date=January 28, 2014|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203032132/http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20140128/pete-seeger-should-have-new-tappan-zee-bridge-named-for-him-downstate-politician-says|url-status=live}}</ref> Seeger's boat, the [[sloop]] ''[[Hudson River Sloop Clearwater|Clearwater]]'', is based at [[Beacon, New York]], just upriver from the bridge and frequently sails down to Manhattan to continuing spreading Seeger's message and music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clearwater.org/|title=Clearwater|website=Clearwater.org|access-date=January 29, 2014|archive-date=October 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002231745/http://www.clearwater.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Oakwood Friends School]], located in Poughkeepsie New York, not far from Seeger's home, performed "[[Where Have All the Flowers Gone?]]" at one of their worship meetings. The collaboration was with three teachers (playing guitar and vocals) as well as a student harmonica player and a student vocalist. * A free five-day memorial called Seeger Fest took place on July 17β21, 2014, featuring Judy Collins, Peter Yarrow, Harry Belafonte, Anti-Flag, Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root, Steve Earle, Holly Near, Fred Hellerman, Guy Davis, DJ Logic, Paul Winter Consort, Dar Williams, DJ Kool Herc, The Rappers Delight Experience, Tiokasin Ghosthorse, David Amram, Mike + Ruthy, Tom Chapin, James Maddock, The Chapin Sisters, Rebel Diaz, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Elizabeth Mitchell, Emma's Revolution, Toni Blackman, Kim & Reggie Harris, Magpie, Abrazos Orchestra, Nyraine, George Wein, The Vanaver Caravan, White Tiger Society, Lorre Wyatt, AKIR, Adira & Alana Amram, Aurora Barnes, The Owens Brothers, The Tony Lee Thomas Band, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, New York City Labor Chorus, Roland Moussa, Roots Revelators, Kristen Graves, Bob Reid, Hudson River Sloop Singers, Walkabout Clearwater Chorus, Betty & The baby Boomers, Work O' The Weavers, Jacob Bernz * Sarah Armour, and Amanda Palmer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Folk singer, activist Pete Seeger dies in New York.|url=http://goodnewsplanet.com/five-day-seeger-fest-concert-memorial-pete-seeger-amanda-palmer-anti-flag-toni-blackman-tom-chapin-steve-earle-holly-near-rebel-diaz-paul-winter-consort-peter-yarrow-others-will-h/N|access-date=September 18, 2014|date=September 18, 2014|archive-date=February 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202002317/https://goodnewsplanet.com/n-j-burkett-2015-new-york-emmy-awards-grammy-award-winner/|url-status=live}}</ref> * In 2006, thirteen folk music songs made popular by Pete Seeger were reinterpreted by [[Bruce Springsteen]] on his fourteenth studio album, ''[[We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions]]''. * In 2014, Wepecket Island Records recorded a Pete Seeger tribute album called [https://wepecket.ipower.com/WI026%20Notes.htm ''For Pete's Sake'']. * In 2020, [[Kronos Quartet]] released [[Long Time Passing]], an album of all new arrangements of Pete Seeger's music commissioned by the FreshGrass Foundation and released on [[Smithsonian Folkways]]. * On July 21, 2022, the United States Postal Service issued a Pete Seeger [[Non-denominated postage#Forever stamps|"Forever"]] stamp. The stamp is based on a photograph of Seeger playing a long neck banjo, taken by Seeger's son Daniel some time in the early 1960s. It's a commemorative in the Music Icons series, with a print quantity of 22,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/pete-seeger-stamps-S_580404|title=Pete Seeger Stamps|website=store.usps.com|access-date=September 21, 2022|archive-date=September 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922230227/https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/pete-seeger-stamps-S_580404/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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