A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America (2014) Online
- Original Title :
- A Star-Spangled Story: Battle for America
- Genre :
- Movie / Documentary
- Year :
- 2014
- Directror :
- Molly Hermann
- Cast :
- James Bailey,Bill Boslego,Clent Bowers
- Writer :
- Molly Hermann
- Type :
- Movie
- Time :
- 51min
- Rating :
- 7.4/10
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.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | James Bailey | - | George Armistead |
| Bill Boslego | - | William Beanes |
 | Clent Bowers | - | Himself - National Anthem Performer |
 | Vince Eisenson | - | Francis Scott Key |
| Cynthia Janzen | - | Dolley Madison |
| Jennifer L. Jones | - | Curator (as Jennifer Jones) |
| Jim Lyall | - | James Madison |
| Shannon McLucas | - | Mary Pickersgill |
| Catherine Purcell | - | Herself - Voice Student |
| Jeff Wilburn | - | Narrator |