This special July 4th episode of Behind the Story celebrates America’s 250th anniversary by spotlighting a heartwarming community effort in Alexander City, Alabama, where a fourth-grade class from 1975 reunites to re-record their patriotic song, 'My Grand American Home,' originally writ
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