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Dec 2021
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EP136: Winston Churchill and the Iron Cu...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College and Churchill scholar, tells the story of Winston Churchill being at a low point in his career when he delivered his famous 'Iron Curtain' speech in Fulton, Missouri; Marc Leepson, author of What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life, brings us the story of how Francis “Frank” Scott Key wrote our national anthem right after one of America’s great military victories.

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00:00 - Winston Churchill and the Iron Curtain

23:00 - The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem

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