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  • Prof Patty
  • October 24, 2020

The ugly reason ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ didn’t become our national anthem for a century

[First a little introduction. The War of 1812 was fought between the British and their allies and the Americans and their allies. The British burned the White House down and took American prisoners

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