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.

Inspired by the sight of the American flag after battle, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Its vivid imagery captured the spirit of survival, symbolizing the nation's push for ...

Women at work repairing the Star-Spangled Banner on a set of makeshift tables in the Smithsonian Castle in 1914 Smithsonian Institution Archives For the next 50 years, apart from a brief move ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

(WXIX) - “The Star-Spangled Banner” is 209 years old and on Thursday ... Send it to us here with a brief description.

Take, for example, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” whose first sport-related performance occurred in May 1862 at the grand opening of a new baseball field in Brooklyn, New York. (The proceedings ...

First and most obvious, the Star Spangled Banner is a song composed with a fairly extensive vocal range. When performed in the key of ‘B flat’, the melodic range of the song is from a ‘B ...

The Grammy winner performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Caesars Superdome ... who were shown to be saluting in a brief clip. Batiste's national anthem performance also featured an American ...

Key saw it and wrote a poem that became the national anthem. The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the ...