Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's ...

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States ... Key was inspired to write it after he saw the American flag flying above Fort McHenry after US forces fought off an attack by ...

It’s the crux of the whole song. They didn’t know until they saw the flag that we’d won, so this is the genesis of the poem. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney and poet, who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over ... at the White House, for President ...