A Star Spangled Story: Battle for America Film
Sat, Jul 04
|Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Time & Location
Jul 04, 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Birthplace of Country Music Museum, 110 Country Music Way Bristol, Virginia 24201
About the event
“The Star-Spangled Banner” was written when America faced total military defeat. Discover this and other anthem secrets.
“The Star-Spangled Banner” is known by all, treasured for its powerful melody and stirring lyrics. And yet, only about 40% of U.S. citizens know all the words. And even fewer know their meaning. Join us as we travel back to 1814, when Washington D.C. was under British attack during the “Second War of Independence” and the very bricks and mortar of American democracy were reduced to smoking rubble. We examine the battle that inspired witness Francis Scott Key to immortalize its final moments, then reveal how his poem transformed into an anthem.
TV-PG / 51 min