Broadcast: 4th March 1936

Starring: Various

Added: Mar 04 2004

Many years ago a philosopher named Andrew Fletcher wrote, “If a man were permitted to make all the ballads he need not care who should make the laws of the nation”. Truly music has been a vital factor in our national life since our puritan forefathers sang their d song of thanksgiving in the New England wilderness. But it was many years before any American writer of songs rose to fame.

It is the year 1826 and a 4th of July celebration is being held in a small town near Pittsburgh and the mayor is introducing the speaker of the day…