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O' Say Can you See?
The Star-Spangled Banner is embedded in American national identity and yet it only became the official national anthem in 1931. Erica Wagner returns to its origins, the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, to find out how Francis Scott Key came to write these lyrics about the American flag
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Archive 2014—The Documentary Podcast
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service's wide range of documentaries from 2014.
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The Documentary Podcast
A window into our world. Investigating and reporting true stories from everywhere