America: A 200-Year Salute in Story and Song is a
concept album and the 40th overall album by
country singer
Johnny Cash, released on
Columbia Records in 1972 (see
1972 in music). As its title suggests, it comprises a number of tracks dedicated to the topic of
American history, like several of Cash's other
Americana albums. The record is a mix of songs and narration, in which Cash attempts to describe elements of the country's past, including famous personalities like
Paul Revere or
Big Foot. America also includes a re-recording of "Mr. Garfield" and "The Road to Kaintuck", songs previously released as singles in 1965 on Sings the Ballads of the True West. Most of the tracks on the album were written by Cash, with some exceptions, including a rendition of the well-known song "
The Battle of New Orleans" and a reading of
Abraham Lincoln's famous
Gettysburg Address. The album was included on the
Bear Family box set Come Along and Ride This Train.