The flag was made during the summer of 1813 as a simple garrison flag, but after the British attacked Baltimore in 1814, it gained recognition as the "Star Spangled Banner". The flag became a valued ...

Summary The Star-Spangled Banner is loaned to the United States National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution for display by Eben Appleton, grandson of Major George Armistead, the defender of Fort ...

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 ...

When Collectors Cut Off Pieces of the Star-Spangled Banner As Keepsakes For years patriots clamored for swatches of the enormous flag that raised spirits at “dawn’s early light” ...

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an 18th-century English drinking song, captured the patriotic picture of the American ...

For more than a century, “The Star-Spangled Banner” has been played or sung before sporting events across the nation. And ...

Today, on Flag Day, as we honor the cloth, it is important for all of us to remember that keeping the flag flying means working toward a common goal. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...

Part 2: Writer and activist Mark Charles lays out the anti-Native American sentiments within it, the doctrines and ...

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 ...