President John F. Kennedy delivers one of his most famous addresses on #ThisDayInHistory in 1963. In front of the Berlin Wall that separated the city into democratic and communist sectors, he declared to the crowd, “Ich bin ein Berliner” or “I am also a citizen of Berlin.” Immediately after the war, the city of Berlin was divided into West Berlin, comprised of American, British and French-administered democratic enclaves, and East Berlin, an East German communist-controlled area. At the time of

Francis Scott Key's legacy became this song, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” How did Key come to watch the Battle of Baltimore from the deck of an enemy ship? And how did his relationship with race and slavery shape the song we now call our national anthem? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-this-week/id1493453604 | HISTORY