Alaska (AK). The 49th state to join the Union in 1959
Alaska factoids: The capital of Alaska is Junea; its largest city is Anchorage. Today’s population in Alaska is approximately 738,700 (averaging around 1 person per square mile). Alaska’s state tree is the ‘Sitka Ppruce’; its state flower is the ‘Forget-Me-Not’; and its state bird the ‘Willow Ptarmigan’. Alaska’s State Motto is: “North to the future”.
Activities of Sri Chinmoy in Alaska (see page for activities in other states)
1974
- October 29, Sri Chinmoy delivers a lecture, ‘Belief and Faith’, at 7 p.m. at Alaska Methodist University in Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
1976
- July 1976. While the relay team of the Liberty Torch runners ran in the lower 48-states, a team member, Sam, visited and ran in Juneau and Anchorage. Sam then climbed Mt. McKinley. Reaching the peak, he sang Sri Chinmoy’s “O My America” song and buried a sealed time capsule containing various special items including a photo of Sri Chinmoy. (Source: Anahata Nada, Aug. 1976)
1993
- July 1993. A dedication plaque is mounted at a park at the base of Mt. McKinley — designating the mountain a Peace monument.
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Listen to the melody Sri Chinmoy set for name ‘Alaska’
(read more about these on the 50-state songs page)
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Among the many songs Sri Chinmoy composed on America, his adopted country, this one is perhaps the most powerful:
America, America, America!
Great you are, good you are,
Brave you are, kind you are.
O my America, America.
Your Heaven-freedom is earth’s aspiration-choice.
With you, in you, is God-Hour’s Victory-Voice.
—Sri Chinmoy
(see https://www.srichinmoysongs.com/america-great-you-are-good-you-are)
The song “America! Great You Are, Good You Are” recording, below, as performed by the Sri Chinmoy Choir:
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