It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

Although Francis Scott key was a prolific writer, the only one of his poems to stand the test of time was “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Although it would ultimately elevate him into the pantheon ...

Francis Scott Key may have immortalized this unspoken ... This is the greatness of “The Star Spangled Banner”. It sings Americanism more deeply and more succinctly than any other ode.

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, later to become America’s national anthem.

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... poem that is the basis for the Anthem is “racist”. Francis Scott Key was a slave owner, therefore we should not honor ...

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"There was nothing special about it," says Scott S. Sheads ... but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head, a ...

The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the Smithsonian's ...