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.

Scientists estimate that, with state-of-the-art care, the Star-Spangled Banner could last 500, perhaps even 1,000, years. With luck, it will preside over many Flag Days to come.

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

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 ...

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

This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem, later to become America’s national anthem.

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 ...

The Star-Spangled Banner remained in Flag Hall until 1998, when it taken down to undergo extensive conservation.

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

The first stanza of the national anthem is projected prominently on the wall above the flag. Sections in the exit corridor trace the flag's history, including its safekeeping by Major George Armistead ...