University of Michigan musicology and American culture professor Mark Clague talked about the meaning of the four verses in The Star-Spangled Banner. ... The Star-Spangled Banner Lyrics. 1,277 Views ...

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

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The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

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, the first time the ...

The original handwritten manuscript of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner” lyrics, written by Francis Scott Key, is back home at the Maryland Historical Society, after being displayed at the ...

WASHINGTON — It’s going to be a star-spangled year, says Burt Kummerow, president of the Maryland Historical Society. The year 2014, he says, will see a series of events leading up to ...

Star-Spangled Banner lyrics demonstrate bigotry: ... when more than 5,000 African-American slaves fought on the side of the British to receive their freedom from the enslaving and brutal American ...

Travel: 'Star-Spangled banner,' and flag that inspired the song's lyrics to be displayed together at the Smithsonian Published: Jan. 19, 2014, 3:09 p.m. Subscribers can gift articles to anyone ...

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue of Liberty and the Charters of Freedom,” said Brent D. Glass, the museum’s then-director, in 2007.