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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

June 13 (UPI) --Today is Flag Day, and while Americans typically don't get the day off, it's still a holiday worth celebrating. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Flag Day marks the ...

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 ...

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 ...