The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

The Star-Spangled Banner was passed down through Armistead's family and protected through the Civil War. In 1873, his daughter Georgiana Armistead Appleton lent it to historian George Preble for a ...

The poem’s name was originally “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” but it wasn’t long before it was known only as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” For many, that became the name of the flag, too.

He first came under fire after an upside-down American flag was spotted at his home in Virginia. Days later, ... such as the original Star-Spangled Banner or the Gadsden flag.

Though popular among the American people, “The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t adopted as the official anthem of the United States until Congress and President Herbert Hoover signed it into law ...

The Star-Spangled Banner flag is on display at the National Museum of American History. And it's never leaving. Museums often lend objects and artifacts to each other in order to tell more ...

Pickersgill was "one of those forgotten heroes of the United States," said Schenning. "And she's a fascinating woman. She was in her mid-30s when she made the 'Star-Spangled Banner' flag.

Guests at the President Richard M. Nixon Inaugural Ball, January 20, 1969, in the National Museum of History and Technology, now known as the National Museum of American History, are looking at the ...

Star-spangled banner still waves boldly as always, Flag Day reminds Americans From representing 13 colonies in 1777 to 50 states today, U.S. flag has gone through scores of changes as it continues ...

Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.

Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.