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- Season 1 The Underground Railroad
- Season 1 Dear Home: Letters from World War II
- Season 1 The Declaration of Independence
- Season 1 Frontier Homes
- Season 1 The World War II Memorial
- Season 1 National D-Day Museum
- Season 1 Grand Central
- Season 1 The White House: 200th Anniversary
- Season 1 Dear Home: Letters from WWI
- Season 1 Civil War Battlefields
- Season 1 America's Most Endangered 2001
- Season 1 The Missouri
- Season 1 The Star-Spangled Banner
- Season 1 USS Arizona
- Season 1 Valley Forge
- Season 1 American Lighthouses
- Season 1 America's Most Endangered 2002
- Season 1 Save Our Sounds
- Season 1 Presidential Yacht: The USS Sequoia
- Season 1 Dear Home: Letters from World War I
- Season 1 Yellowstone
- Season 1 America's Most Endangered 2003
- Season 1 Defining Documents
- Season 1 George Washington's Workshop
- Season 1 National World War II Memorial
- Season 1 The President Slept Here
- Season 1 Secrets of Jamestown
- Season 1 Gold Rush Ghost Towns
- Season 1 Apollo: The Race Against Time
- Season 1 FBI Stings: Recovering Stolen History
- Season 1 Alaska's Bloodiest Battle
- Season 1 Jefferson's Other Revolution
- Season 1 Inside the B25
- Season 1 Victorian Reborn
- Season 1 Godspeed to Jamestown
- Season 1 The Search for George Washington
- Season 1 Sherman's Total War Tactics
- Season 1 Revolution in Boston
- Season 1 America's Most Endangered 1997
- Season 1 Andrew Jackson
- Season 1 Voices of Civil Rights
Save Our History - Season 1 Episode 13 The Star-Spangled Banner
0.00 60 minutes This program, narrated by Roger Mudd, offers an interesting look at the history of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key's poem confirming a young nation's sense of self. The particular flag Key saw came about through the herculean efforts of a seamstress to meet a request by Captain Amistad, commander of Ft. McHenry outside of Baltimore. The captain wanted a large symbol of American pride to wave in the face of the British fleet as it bombarded his post during the War of 1812. Most likely, the good Captain had no suspicions as to just how wildly successful his efforts would be--after Key's poem was published in 1814, it was paired with a tune from a drinking song (everybody knew the melody already so it was easy to remember) and became quite popular. In addition to tracing the song and flag's history, the program also looks at present-day intricate efforts to preserve what is left of the original fabric.
