Day: July 4, 2024
Both the U.S. national anthem and the flag that inspired the song are major legacies of the War of 1812 when the United States and its allies fought against the United Kingdom to preserve the young country. In September of 1814, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore and failed. Watching the battle was Francis Scott Key who was so inspired by the defense of the city and a gigantic forty foot American flag draped over the garrison that he penned the lyrics to the nation’s national anthem.
FOX’s Tonya J. Powers speaks with Jennifer Jones, Curator and Project Director at the Smithsonian Museum’s Division of Military and Society, who takes us through the history of these symbols of the United States and how they are cared for.
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France’s centrist Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warns of a “climate of fear” ahead of parliamentary elections on Sunday – while national football star Kylian Mbappe urges people to vote against the far right National Rally.
Also in the programme: negotiations resume between Israel and Hamas on a Gaza ceasefire deal; and as pressure mounts on 81-year old US President Joe Biden to stand aside as Democratic Party candidate, we hear some sobering thoughts from Malaysia’s former prime minister, who was 94 when he resigned.
(IMAGE: French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is seen after Ensemble Pour La Republique candidate and French Government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot and her team were targeted by an unidentified group of youth while they were out putting up campaign posters prior to the second round of the early French parliamentary elections, in Meudon-la-Foret, near Paris, France, July 4, 2024 / CREDIT: Reuters/Benoit Tessier)
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