At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain – At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

It was recorded with musical accompaniment for the first time in 1930 by Fiddlin ' John Carson, although to another folk hymn named " At the Cross ", not to " New Britain ".

At his and Lincoln's inaugural ceremony on March 4, 1865, Johnson, who had been drinking with John W. Forney that morning, as well as the night before, gave a rambling speech and appeared intoxicated to many.

At the news of the emperor's death, his son and co-emperor John was murdered by his own troops in Thrace.

* At the height of his career, Carnegie was the second-richest person in the world, behind only John D. Rockefeller of Standard Oil.

At both Choate and Harvard, Lerner was a classmate of John F. Kennedy ; at Choate they had worked together on the yearbook staff.

At his death, the duchy passed to his son-in-law John Sigismund, Margrave of Brandenburg, combining the two territories under a single dynasty and forming Brandenburg-Prussia.

At the start of the next session, affairs were handled by a triumvirate of Granby, Disraeli, and John Charles Herries – indicative of the tension between Disraeli and the rest of the party, who needed his talents but mistrusted the man.

At the time of his death he was working on a translation of the Gospel of St. John into English.

At about this time, King John hesitated and sent his sons from the battlefield.

At a forum at the university during the 2008 presidential election campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama said that the university should consider reinstating ROTC on campus.

At the end of November, a meeting was held in the rooms of Canon John Collins, chaired by the editor of the New Statesman, Kingsley Martin, to launch the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

At the age of 10 he was taken by his mother to hear a talk given by John Thomas in Aberdeen, Scotland.

At a February 2, 2010 congressional hearing, Senator John McCain read from a letter signed by " over one thousand former general and flag officers ".

At Indiana University in 1999 he organized such a symposium, and in April 2000, he organized a larger symposium entitled " Spiritual Robots " at Stanford University, in which he moderated a panel consisting of Ray Kurzweil, Hans Moravec, Kevin Kelly, Ralph Merkle, Bill Joy, Frank Drake, John Holland and John Koza.

At the same time the non-album single " John, I ’ m Only Dancing ", and " All the Young Dudes ", a song he wrote and produced for Mott the Hoople, became UK hits.

At one time or another, the membership included Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Cyril Kornbluth, James Blish, John Michel, Judith Merril, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Richard Wilson, Damon Knight, Virginia Kidd, and Larry T. Shaw.

At the time John Doe buys the house, the 3-year US Treasury Note rate is 5 % per annum.

At its peak of popularity eugenics was supported by a wide variety of prominent people, including Winston Churchill, Margaret Sanger, Marie Stopes, H. G. Wells, Theodore Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, John Maynard Keynes, John Harvey Kellogg, Linus Pauling and Sidney Webb.

At first, he is mistaken for a murderer by the four people because he shoots at them through the door ( mistaking them as the Evil Force ), but they find out the truth after listening to a recording of Annie's father, Professor Knowby ( John Peaks ), that talked about how his wife Henrietta was possessed and buried in the cabin's cellar rather than dismembered.

At the wedding, Gareth dies suddenly of a heart attack: Gareth's partner Matthew ( John Hannah, in one of his first screen roles ) is in another part of the room listening to the groom's toast when Gareth dies.

" At the event ceremony, director John Ford announced that Capra had also received the Order of British Empire ( OBE ) on the recommendation of Winston Churchill.

At the outset, Garfield's relationship with the newly inaugurated President was cool on both sides ; Grant refused a requested post office appointment which Garfield recommended ; Garfield, out of loyalty to his army commander, still harbored some resentment for Grant's dismissal of Rosecrans.

At the time of Garfield's residence in the office, the President's annual salary was $ 50, 000, which would be largely consumed for the operation of the White House.

At the time, the New Jersey Legislature set Garfield's boundaries as they exist today.

At the same time, the City's housing authority built several massive public housing complexes on Garfield's borders: Garfield Heights, a 600 + unit complex high up on Fern Street, and the East Mall, a 20 + story tower straddling Penn Avenue at the entrance to East Liberty.

" At his death, Doubleday left many letters and papers, none of which describe baseball, or give any suggestion that he considered himself a prominent person in the evolution of the game.

At the suggestion of his friend Benjamin Ruff, Carnegie's partner Henry Clay Frick had formed the exclusive South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club high above Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

At his wife's suggestion, he builds a gallows for Mordechai.

At his father's suggestion as a teenager, Hayek read the genetic and evolutionary works of Hugo de Vries and the philosophical works of Ludwig Feuerbach.

At the suggestion of Eduard Heine, the Professor at Halle, Cantor turned to analysis.

At Cosimo's suggestion, Galileo changed the name to Medicea Sidera (" the Medician stars "), honouring all four Medici brothers ( Cosimo, Francesco, Carlo, and Lorenzo ).

At the suggestion of his doctor, he took up swimming to help battle the disease.

At the suggestion of Themistocles, all of the funerary sculptures were built into the city wall and two large city gates facing north-west were erected in the Kerameikos.

At the thing, the god Heimdallr puts forth the suggestion that, in place of Freyja, Thor should be dressed as the bride, complete with jewels, women's clothing down to his knees, a bridal head-dress, and the necklace Brísingamen.

At the suggestion of fellow artist Stanhope Forbes, Birch adopted the soubriquet " Lamorna " to distinguish himself from Lionel Birch, an artist who was also working in the area at that time.

At Margaret's suggestion, her father, who did not own a gun, stood guard with a sword.

At the beginning of World War I, Bishop de Berghes went to the United States at the suggestion of the Anglican Primate, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

At Elijah's suggestion, he walks through a crowd in a Philadelphia train station and senses crimes perpetrated by strangers who brush past him: a jewel thief, a racist hate crime perpetrator, and a rapist.

At coach Muzz MacPherson's suggestion, Gretzky settled on 99.

At Pompidou's suggestion, Chirac ran as a Gaullist for a seat in the National Assembly in 1967.

At Dowling's suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival.

At the suggestion of record company executives, Cinema then changed their name to Yes.

At Walter Isard's suggestion, the University of Pennsylvania started the Regional Science Department in 1956.

At their second meeting, the group changed its name to Ouvroir de littérature potentielle, or Oulipo, at Albert-Marie Schmidt's suggestion.

At Gambino's suggestion, the Commission ordered Magliocco and Bonanno to appear for questioning.

At the suggestion of a correspondent, Representative Louis C. Rabaut of Michigan sponsored a resolution to add the words " under God " to the Pledge in 1953.

At his request, his memoirs about Prince Charles ( which he wrote at Churchill's suggestion ) were only published after de Staercke's death in 2003, with the help of and a preface by Belgian historian Jean Stengers.

At the suggestion of his grandfather Numitor, Romulus holds a solemn festival in honor of Neptune ( according to another tradition the festival was held in honor of the God Consus ) and invites the neighboring Sabines and Latins to attend ; they arrive en masse, along with their daughters.

At W. F. Osgood's suggestion, Wiener became an instructor of mathematics at MIT, where he spent the remainder of his career, becoming promoted eventually to Professor.