BONUS: American Anthem

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🗓️ 4 July 2021

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Summary

The Star-Spangled Banner is the official anthem for the United States, but there are plenty of songs that have become informal American anthems for millions of people.

On this episode of NPR's Throughline, we share three stories from NPR Music's American Anthem series, which explored the origins of songs that have become ingrained in American culture.

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0:00.0	Hey, consider this listeners since it's the 4th of July, we thought we'd revisit a
0:04.8	series NPR did a few years back.
0:07.7	It's called American Anthem, and the idea was that we'd take a closer look at 50 songs
0:11.7	that have become ingrained in American culture.
0:14.9	Some are patriotic, others challenge the very idea of patriotism, but they all say something
0:20.4	about who we are.
0:21.9	Our colleagues at ThruLine and PR's History Podcast stitched together a few of the stories
0:26.3	behind these songs in the episode you're about to hear.
0:29.6	And if you'd like to see the whole series, you can visit npr.org slash anthem.
0:34.8	But for now, host Rund Abdelphata and Rundabdin Fattah.
0:44.5	I'm Rundabdin Fattah.
0:45.5	I'm Rundabdin Abdelphata and this is ThruLine from NPR.
0:48.6	So it's July 4th.
0:49.6	Do you have any plans, Rundabdin?
0:51.6	Kind of.
0:52.6	I have to say this.
0:54.8	I like to celebrate 4th of July, but I don't like crowds.
0:58.4	So I'm going to try to watch the fireworks from far away from people.
1:03.4	Fair enough.
1:04.4	It needs barbecue.
1:05.4	Yeah, I definitely have a barbecue.
1:07.4	I'll probably go to a friend's house for barbecue, but try to watch it from far away.
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