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Discover the history and lyrics to the well-known anthem below. Read more: The world’s greatest national anthems Who composed the US national anthem? The music was written by British composer and ...

Is it the lyrics, the music, the writer? We’ve heard Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” millions of times – opening at sports events, at patriotic celebrations, and more.

The Maryland Historical Society has loaned Key’s original manuscript of the “Star-Spangled Banner” lyrics to the Smithsonian, where it has joined, for the first time, the flag Key saw at ...

Although “The Star-Spangled Banner” and all of its verses were immediately famous, Key’s overt racism prevented it from becoming the national anthem while he was alive, Morley wrote.

The original handwritten manuscript of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner” lyrics, written by Francis Scott Key, is back home at the Maryland Historical Society, after being displayed at the ...

Mangled lyrics and cracked voices aside, "The Star-Spangled Banner” -- written in Baltimore Sept. 14, 1814, as poem “Defense of Fort M'Henry,” by lawyer Francis Scott Key -- has been the ...

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.