After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...

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 resonates with people in different ways, for different reasons. It’s exciting to realize that you’re looking at the very same flag that Francis Scott Key saw on that ...

In this image taken from a video, the Rushingbrook Children’s Choir sings the “Star-Spangled Banner” in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Friday, May 26, 2023, in Washington.