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Article: September 11: 'American Idol' Seizes the Day
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- The Washington Post
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- September 4, 2002
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Because everything is about television and "American Idol" is the
hottest thing on TV this summer, tonight's winner of Fox's create-a-
pop-star competition has been invited to sing the national anthem at
the Lincoln Memorial on Sept. 11 -- a day of mourning for the more
than 3,000 victims of last year's terrorist attacks.
At the place where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous
"I have a dream" speech, where Marian Anderson was invited by the FDR
administration to sing "America" after the Daughters of the American
Revolution snubbed her for being black, the "American Idol" winner
will make his or her appearance during the day-long ceremonies
commemorating the first anniversary of ...