A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America

A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America (2014)

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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is known by all, treasured for its powerful melody and stirring lyrics. And yet, only about 40% of U.S. citizens know all the words. And even fewer know their meaning. Join us as we travel back to 1814, when Washington D.C. was under British attack during the "Second War of Independence," and the very bricks and mortar of American democracy were reduced to smoking rubble. We examine the battle that inspired witness Francis Scott Key to immortalize its final moments, then reveal how his poem transformed into an anthem.

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Cast

Jeff Wilburn Jeff Wilburn Self - Narrator (voice)
Clent Bowers Clent Bowers Self - National Anthem Performer
Catherine Purcell Catherine Purcell Self - Voice Student
Jennifer L. Jones Jennifer L. Jones Self - Curator
Vince Eisenson Vince Eisenson Francis Scott Key
Cynthia Janzen Cynthia Janzen Dolly Madison
Jim Lyall Jim Lyall James Madison
James Bailey James Bailey George Armistead
Bill Boslego Bill Boslego William Beanes
Shannon McLucas Shannon McLucas Mary Pickersgill

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