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    • Dec 28, 1994
    Arlo Guthrie leads the house in "This Land Is Your Land" as Pete Seeger is recognized during the CBS telecast of "The Kennedy Center Honors." Also seen during the performance: Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Aretha Franklin and Roger McGuinn
    Oct 30, 1995
    A year after she was nominated for a Country Music Association award, Gladys Knight is announced as a new member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Also among the inductees is "Gotta Travel On" songwriter Pete Seeger
    Jan 17, 1996
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds "Gotta Travel On" songwriter Pete Seeger, along with Gladys Knight, David Bowie, The Shirelles, Pink Floyd and Jefferson Airplane during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
    Apr 23, 2000
    Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger and Ralph Stanley are given Living Legend medals from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
    Aug 16, 2000
    "The Ballad Of Ramblin' Jack" debuts in New York movie houses. An account of "Mister Garfield" writer Ramblin' Jack Elliott, it also features Kris Kristofferson, Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger
    Nov 1, 2001
    The compilation album "God Bless America" is certified gold by the RIAA. It includes Lee Greenwood's remake of "God Bless The U.S.A." and Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," plus Billy Gilman, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen
    Feb 27, 2002
    Roy Orbison's "Crying" joins the Grammy Hall of Fame, one in a batch of 1960s recordings that also includes music by Pete Seeger, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Dion, Del Shannon and Ben E. King
    Nov 5, 2006
    A banjo owned by "Gotta Travel On" songwriter Pete Seeger during the 1960s is given to the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Kentucky
    Mar 6, 2007
    The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower," Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes" and Red Foley's "(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)" are added to the National Recording Registry along with music by Cole Porter, The Ronettes, Sam Cooke, Pete Seeger and Paul Simon
    Feb 10, 2009
    The San Diego school district apologizes to "Gotta Travel On" songwriter Pete Seeger for trying to stop a 1960 concert. Seeger had refused to sign a statement saying he would not use the show to promote the overthrow of the government
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