Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 ...

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.

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter ... 14, 1814, Key was inspired by the sight of the American flag victoriously waving above the ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner. During the War of 1812, Key was on a British ship seeking to secure the exchange of American prisoners.

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.

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

Spangled Banner,” “ America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America” — all patriotic songs that celebrate America.

This mix of the British composer’s music and the US lawyer’s lyrics became known as The Star-Spangled Banner and was adopted officially by the US Navy in 1889, the President in 1916 and as America’s ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key's famed song that went on to become the United States' national anthem, pays tribute to a flag that has symbolized the American experiment for ...

Here is a picture of the flag known as the Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem.