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 is kept at the Smithsonian Institution. Beginning Baltimore Mary Pickersgill made two flags for Fort McHenry: a huge garrison flag and a smaller storm flag.

The Star-Spangled Banner is kept at the Smithsonian Institution. Beginning Baltimore Mary Pickersgill made two flags for Fort McHenry: a huge garrison flag and a smaller storm flag.

Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" down nearly 200 years ago and for the first time ever, his original manuscript has been united with the flag that inspired his words at the ...

Celebrating a Star-Spangled Flag Day. June 13, 2002. By Mary Quattlebaum. ... There's even an actor portraying Francis Scott Key as he tells the story of the Star-Spangled Banner, ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, writes Barrymore Laurence Scherer ...

Also at the exit is a tactile panel with an outline of the flag and a full-size star for visitors who are visually impaired. No photography permitted. Spanish-language label translation available at ...

The Star-Spangled Banner remained in Flag Hall until 1998, when it taken down to undergo extensive conservation. Removing 1.7 Million Stitches in under a Year. Watch on .

June 14 is Flag Day, commemorating Congress’ adoption of the red-white-and-blue flag with 13 stars on June 14, 1777.

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Sewers in Maryland are set to begin recreating the flag that inspired the national anthem. The Star Spangled Banner Project will officially begin July 4 and is being spearheaded ...

The flag is housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.