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Marc Leepson

Virginia Historical Society Podcasts

Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

Brian Thomas

Warren Pierce

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Stonewall Jackson

Ralph Peters

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John Marshall

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Karen Abbott

Ron Wilson

Francis Scott Key

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Michelle Easton

Liz Keating

Dieter Moeller

Angela Sailor

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Don Tolzmann

55KRC Friday Show - Tech Friday, Don Tolzmann, Marc Leepson

Marc Leepson - What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life

Mark Leepson joined the show with the history of the National Anthem

Marc Leepson, American journalist, Historian, and Author- Fourth of July Special

On July 2 at noon, Marc Leepson delivered a Banner Lecture entitled “What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life.” Just about every American knows the name Francis Scott Key, but very few know anything more about him other than the fact that he wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.” But there was much more to Francis Scott Key. One of the most famous, admired, and accomplished men in the early American Republic, Key was a patriotic, pious, hard-working, and well-connected Washington, D.C., lawyer. He had a thriving private legal practice; argued more than a hundred cases before the Supreme Court; and served as U.S. attorney in Washington for eight years. A confidant of President Andrew Jackson, Key was a member of Old Hickory’s kitchen cabinet and handled many sensitive legal matters for the Jackson Administration. Marc Leepson’s new biography, What So Proudly We Hailed, describes in detail how Key found himself in Baltimore Harbor on the night of September 13, 1814. It goes on to recount the other important events of his life, including his role as a founding member and one of the leaders of the American Colonization Society. Marc Leepson, historian and former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly in Washington, is the author of eight books, including Saving Monticello, Lafayette: Idealist General, and What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life.

What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life by Marc Leepson