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 1812.

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States ... when American lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key set his poem ‘Defence of Fort M’Henry’ to the music. Key was inspired ...

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 ... of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy signed a General ...

The United States is a country that sings its national anthem a lot relative to other countries, and no performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is bigger than the one that takes place before the ...

Batiste’s emotional delivery of the national anthem followed Lady Gaga’s performance of the Top Gun: Maverick anthem “Hold My Hand,” the Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band and Master P, ...

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