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The Glenn Beck Program

The War of 1812: From Ashes to Anthem | The American Story | Ep 12

The Glenn Beck Program

Mercury Radio Arts

News Commentary, News, Politics

4.625.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

America declares war on the most powerful empire on earth and almost immediately discovers it may have picked a fight it cannot win.  This is the story of how America’s second war for independence erupted into disaster, humiliation, and legend.  Washington DC is engulfed in flames. Dolley Madison races to save a priceless portrait, while an unknown clerk rescues the nation’s founding documents.  Francis Scott Key witnesses Fort McHenry through the smoke and writes the words that become “The Star-Spangled Banner.”  And in New Orleans, Andrew Jackson turns personal vengeance into a stunning battlefield victory that forges a stronger American identity and reshapes his own future. GLENN'S SPONSORS: My Patriot Supply: Save $100 on a 3-month food supply by going to PrepareWithGlenn.com Patriot Mobile: Get a free month of service! Go to patriotmobile.Com/beck or call 972-patriot, use promo code “Beck” and make the switch today! Byrna: Not every threat requires lethal force. Byrna's less-lethal launchers give you the ability to stop an aggressor from a safe distance. Save $100 on the Byrna L.E. Gen 2 launcher, while supplies last, by going to Byrna.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's August, 1814. The air in Washington is heavy with humidity and dread.

0:39.2

British troops are in Maryland closing in a rapidly tightening noose around the young

0:43.7

nation's capital.

0:45.6

The city, it's a sitting duck, half built, barely defended.

0:50.2

Amid the growing frenzy of activity, one unassuming hero emerges.

0:55.0

Stephen Pleasanton, a senior clerk in the State Department.

1:00.0

He's just a guy with a desk job, racing against time to save America's indispensable,

1:05.0

most priceless possessions, the fragile papers that form the blueprints of our nation. So Stephen Pleasanton springs into action.

1:13.6

He dashes out and buys bolts of sturdy linen. Back at the office, he and his fellow clerks

1:20.6

grab scissors and just start cutting. They stitch the fabric into makeshift book bags. Then they open the drawers in the cabinets

1:28.0

delicately lifting out the contents. The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, treaties,

1:35.3

letters in George Washington's handwriting. These are the original copies, the document DNA of America.

1:43.8

Pleasanton meticulously tucks them into bags. There is no margin

1:48.2

for error here. There can be zero snags or tears, yet the clock is ticking. Rumors of redcoats

1:55.0

swarm the streets. The bags are quickly loaded onto a makeshift convoy of wagons. Pleasanton leads the charge,

2:03.7

escorting them across the Potomac at dusk. They rumble into a grist mill on the Virginia side of

2:10.2

Chain Bridge, wheels grinding over rough roads. They unload the bags, and they're about to stash them

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