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Country artists have never shied away from recording songs that tell the stories of the wars that the U.S. has been involved in.

How about some sausage-scented wrapping paper or sausage-flavored candy canes?

These 10 country tunes say a whole lot of fantastic things about moms -- and, yeah, they make us cry, too.

Dierks Bentley ran off to get married in Mexico on this date in 2005, Jimmy Dean had the first RIAA Country song to be a certified gold record ... EVER ... on this date in 1961 and Toby Keith made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 2002. Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 14 December, 2011.

It was one year ago today that Don Williams and Jimmy Dean were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, we were introduced to Taylor Swift's debut CD on this date in 2006 and SheDaisy struck gold for the second time in 2005. Here's the list for Today In Country Music History for 24 October, 2011.