6.8: The Untold Story of 'The Star Spangled Banner'

First Name Basis Podcast

Jasmine Bradshaw

How To, Parenting, Education, Kids & Family

5 • 629 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

You probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs bursting in air” as a prisoner on a British warship and turning the experience into “The Star Spangled Banner.” But, in reality, there is a lot more to this story than you learned about in history class — and a lot of what you did learn in school was false.

In this replay of one of our Untold Stories episodes, we unpack the man behind “The Star Spangled Banner,” how it became our National Anthem, and whether it truly represents American values. It’s the perfect episode to revisit ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

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Articles, Studies, & Podcasts Referenced in the Episode

Annotated National Anthem

“The Short History of the War of 1812 in Maryland”

“Star Spangled Bigotry: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem” by Jason Johnson

“What So Proudly We Hail,” Documentary from Morgan State University

“Francis Scott Key Opposed ‘Land of the Free’” by Jefferson Morley, Zinn Education Project

“Where’s the Debate of Francis Scott Key’s Slaveholding Legacy” by Christopher Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine

“Star Spangled Banner Born From a Drinking Song 200 Years Ago,” NPR

“The Fight for the Anthem” by Felicity Knox, Towson University

Oscar Stanton De Priest

“Mississippi Lawmakers Pass Resolution Paving Way to Remove Confederate Symbol from State Flag” by Brittany Shammas, The Washington Post

Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, season six, episode eight, the untold story of the star-spangled banner.
0:15.1	Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home.
0:23.4	First-name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in your
0:28.4	family and a changemaker in your community.
0:31.5	Together, we will wrestle with hard questions and use the answers to create the world we want,
0:37.2	a world that reflects our values
0:39.3	of inclusion, compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited
0:46.9	to be on this journey with you. Hello, First Name Basis fam. I am so glad you are here. Oh my goodness, it's an untold story
1:00.3	episode this week. You know I love untold story episodes. They are so interesting. And this one is actually
1:07.4	a replay from a couple of years ago, but I figured since it's been two full years
1:13.0	since we've thought about this episode, that you might want to hear it again. I was listening
1:17.4	to it again just to prepare for what I would share with you right now, and I really had
1:21.7	forgotten about a lot of the stuff that is covered in this episode. So today we are talking about the untold story of
1:29.2	the Star Spangled Banner. We're talking about Francis Scott Key and how he wrote the Star Spangled
1:34.7	banner and then how the Star Spangled Banner became our national anthem. And then at the end,
1:40.1	I talk a little bit about patriotism and what I think it means to be a patriot.
1:45.1	I feel like that's actually a really loaded word at this point.
1:49.5	So I'm actually really grateful that I get to share again with you what patriotism means to me.
1:55.8	With Fourth of July coming up next week, this just felt like the most perfect time to share this episode with you
2:01.4	because I'm sure you'll be thinking about all things America in, you know, great ways and
2:08.0	more difficult ways. But I wanted to tell you, too, 4th of July is actually a really great time
2:14.0	to be thinking about Juneteenth. I know that we just came off of Juneteenth.
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