Editing My Country, 'Tis of Thee (section)

==Notable performances==
{{stack|[[File:Aretha Franklin on January 20, 2009.jpg|thumb|[[Aretha Franklin]] singing "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" at the [[first inauguration of Barack Obama]] (January 20, 2009)]]}}

[[Marian Anderson]] performed the song at the [[Lincoln Memorial]] on Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939. Anderson, an African American singer, had been forbidden to perform at the [[DAR Constitution Hall]] due to its  whites-only policy. After a national outcry, and with support from [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], the concert was held on the steps of the memorial, and attracted a crowd of more than 75,000 in addition to a national radio audience of millions.<ref>{{cite web| first = Jacqueline | last = Hansen |url= http://www.usps.com/communications/community/_txt/mariankit.txt |title= Marian Anderson, Voice of the Century |publisher=United States Postal Service |year=2005 |access-date=August 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929100152/http://www.usps.com/communications/community/_txt/mariankit.txt |archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref>

[[Martin Luther King Jr.]] recited the first verse of the song toward the end of his famous "[[I Have a Dream]]" speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]] on August 28, 1963.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hansen|first=Drew D. |year=2003|title=The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation|location= New York|publisher= Harper Collins|page= 83}}</ref>

[[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] performed the song on the first episode of ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' that aired after the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite news
  | last = Keveney
  | first = Bill
  | title = Audience identifies with low-key Leno
  | work = USA Today
  | date = 2001-09-19
| url = https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2001-09-20-leno.htm
  | access-date = 2009-07-03 }}</ref>

On January 20, 2009, [[Aretha Franklin]] sang the song at the [[first inauguration of Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/01/19/10-best-inauguration-performances-beyonce-bruce-springsteen-aretha-franklin-bob-dylan-kelly-clarkson/6631794002/ |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=January 16, 2023 |date=January 19, 2021 |title=10 best inauguration performances of all time, including Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé |first1=Patrick |last1=Ryan |first2=Gary |last2=Dinges}}</ref> [[Kelly Clarkson]] sang it at his [[second inauguration of Barack Obama|second inauguration]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 21, 2013 |title=Kelly Clarkson Sings 'My Country 'Tis of Thee' at Inauguration 2013 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-73228 |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>