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.

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.

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... in which a statue of Francis Scott Key, the Maryland lawyer who ...

Fortunately for posterity, he did not call it Mrs. Pickersgill's flag, but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head ...

Francis Scott Key may have immortalized this unspoken ... This is the greatness of “The Star Spangled Banner”. It sings Americanism more deeply and more succinctly than any other ode.

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What does it matter that some critics say the words of Francis Scott Key’s war poem were set to music of a barroom tune?“The Star-Spangled Banner” today is the national anthem of the United ...

Francis Scott Key was a slave owner ... Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of ...