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welcome to the good news ride home for Thursday, July 2nd, 2020.

I'm Jackson Bird.

Today, the full story behind America's national anthem.

The other American holiday kicking off this weekend that you may not have heard of,

the legendary exploding wail of Oregon gets its own

memorial park, and NASA's 4K 10-year time lapse of the sun. Here are some of the cool things

from the news today. America's Independence Day is coming up this weekend and anyone viewing fireworks displays synced with a local radio station will no doubt be hearing some rendition of our national anthem, the Star-Spangled Banner.

Not that that's unique to the 4th of July, we play our anthem all the time before sporting events, military ceremonies,

some political events, it's pretty ubiquitous. And most Americans know at least most of the words.

If you live in the U.S., you might have even had to learn the basics of the song's origin story

in elementary school. You know, Francis Scott Key was so inspired by seeing the American flag

at the end of the Battle of Baltimore in 1814 that he wrote the lyrics on the back of a letter then and there.

But there's a bit more to the story, and especially in our present time of reckoning with our nation's past, it's one that's worth acknowledging.

So while some mistakenly believe that the anthem dates back to the founding of the United States,

it wasn't written until the War of 1812 and wasn't recognized as the official anthem for nearly a century after that.

As a quick refresher, the War of 1812 was mostly fought between the U.S. and Britain and started in part because of Britain's interference in America's trade.

But the French also played a key role because America refused to pay and Britain and started in part because of Britain's interference in America's trade.

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