Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 ...

The basics 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 ...

Rewatch 20th century's most-spectacular 'Star Spangled Banner' at Bills' Super Bowl The Buffalo Bills met the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXV before an emotional, patriotic crowd that witnessed ...

D.C. The show features a mix of original songs, covers and anthems, including "Ameriican Requiem," "Blackbiird" and Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Tina Knowles, Beyoncé's ...

It was surreal in many ways. The Buffalo Bills were making their first-ever Super Bowl appearance on the famed game's silver anniversary with the United States of America on the brink of war.

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, writes Barrymore Laurence Scherer for The Wall Street Journal.

Exhibit of the Star-Spangled Banner, acquired on loan in 1907, and exhibited in the middle of the west wall of the North Hall in the Arts and Industries Building.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was popularized in the Civil War, and President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order in 1916 to recognize it as the national anthem.

The original Star-Spangled Banner, which flew over Fort McHenry in 1814 and inspired the words of our National Anthem, installed into place in Flag Hall of the National Museum of History and ...

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Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Francis Scott Key's writing of America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." Key, a constitutional lawyer, famously penned the lyrics following the 12 ...

The famous Star-Spangled Banner—today one of the greatest treasures of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History—may not have been raised until first light on September 14.