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 ...

There is more to the story of this flag than meets the eye Victoria Altman The Star Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem (NMAH) The Star-Spangled Banner is one of the most ...

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. 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 ...

The United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued a new American flag stamp. The stamp features the Star Spangled Banner, ...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Sewers in Maryland are set to begin recreating the flag that inspired the national anthem. The Star Spangled Banner Project will officially begin July 4 and is being spearheaded ...

THE MANUSCRIPT WILL BE HERE FROM FLAG DAY JUNE 14 THROUGH JULY 6. Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" down nearly 200 years ago and for the first time ever, his original manuscript ...

Here’s how our national anthem was inspired by the flag flying at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Through the perilous fight? The Star-Spangled Banner that inspired Francis Scott Key to ...

WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the flag that inspired the song’s lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington ...

Ruth Sinn didn't know what her players were going to do last Saturday, when they lined up on the Schoenecker Arena court and faced the American flag ... before "The Star-Spangled Banner." ...

The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...

President Harry S. Truman designated the day as National Flag Day in 1949. The Star-Spangled Banner that inspired Francis Scott Key to write what became our national anthem may not have flown ...