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By Dawn's Early Light

Album: Gold Audio 11: It's Another Fine Day

Episode: 149

Lesson/Theme: Americn history: the War of 1812; sacrifice for one's country; respect for the flag; patriotism; Go

Bible Verse: Psalm 33:12-22

Characters: Lucy, Whit

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Dave Arnold

Original Air Date: April 13, 1991

Last Air Date: July 2, 2009

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Description:
Curt and Lucy take an amazing trip in the Imagination Station back to the year 1812. They witness the British General Ross's tragic capture and torching of Washington, D.C., the British Admiral Cockburn's epic bombardment of Fort McHenry, and the composition of our national anthem by a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key.

 

Questions:
Lucy said she doesn't understand all the fuss over flag burning. Do you? Explain your answer. Why did we fight the War of 1812? Name some other examples of how God "preserv'd us a nation."

 

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143: Muckraker

147: Where There's a Will. . .

149: By Dawn's Early Light

150: Home is Where the Hurt Is

151: . . . The Last Shall Be First

152: The Meaning of Sacrifice

153: Mayor for a Day

154: Coming of Age

158: A Day in the Life

160: A Rathbone of Contention

165: Bernard & Esther, I

166: Bernard & Esther, II

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An Adventure in Bethany, I

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