Fairfield children songs bring joy – and some American tears – Daily Republic

By Ryan McCarthy

Fifty-nine children from Laurel Creek Elementary School dressed in red, white and blue went Thursday to convalescent facilities in Fairfield to make an early Memorial Day visit and sing “America the Beautiful,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” and “American Tears.”

Several people in wheelchairs at La Mariposa Nursing & Rehab on Travis Boulevard were tapping their fingers to the music as third-graders sang “You’re the emblem of the land I love” from composer George M. Cohan’s 1906 song about the American flag.

Austyn Knox, 9, said at the Greenfield Care Center on Travis Boulevard that a fast reward comes with the performance for residents.

via Fairfield children songs bring joy – and some American tears Daily Republic.

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