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We Hold These Truths
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We Hold These Truths, a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the United States Bill of Rights, was an hour-long radio program that explored American values and aired live on December 15, 1941, the first to be broadcast on all four major networks. It was written and produced by Norman Corwin, who won a Peabody Award for the show, which commemorated the ratification of Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 — a week before the scheduled broadcast — may have contributed to what the Crossley Rating Service estimated to be 63 million listeners, the largest audience in history for a dramatic performance.
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Marjorie Main
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Orson Welles
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Pat Carroll
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Rudy Vallee
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Stuart Whitman
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Walter Brennan
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Bob Burns
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Walter Huston
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References
Paulson, Roger C. Archives of the Airwaves (7 Volumes). The Old Radio Times.
“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.