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Was the song “John Brown’s Body,” which eventually became “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written in reverence or in jest?

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OnThisDay.com says that on December 5th, 1868 "the first American bicycle college opens in NY." The only other references to "bicycle college" on the internet are just other sites restating this fact with no other information. What was a bicycle college in 1868?

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Was the song “John Brown’s Body,” which eventually became “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written in reverence or in jest?	123
OnThisDay.com says that on December 5th, 1868 "the first American bicycle college opens in NY." The only other references to "bicycle college" on the internet are just other sites restating this fact with no other information. What was a bicycle college in 1868?	33