Shropshire's unique links to the Star Spangled Banner

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The USA celebrates its 250th birthday, but did you know that people from Shropshire are responsible for the lyrics of the country's national anthem? Francis Scott Key wrote them as a poem during the siege of Baltimore. BBC Radio Shropshire's Mark Elliott has been at the Soldiers of Shropshire Museum at Shrewsbury Castle to speak to Richard Gough.