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.

Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

The poem is a form of art and should be appreciated as art, not dismissed because of the personal beliefs of the author. Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a ...

Tim O'Brien Broad Stripes and Bright Stars by George Green Composing this poem, Green recalled seeing ... Smithsonian working to restore the Star-Spangled Banner in a room with a model of a ...

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.

Less than a week later, on September 20, 1814, the Baltimore Patriot & Evening Advertiser published Key's poem, then titled ... under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner: A Patriotic Song." ...

“It is a day to honor you, those who came back alive,” said Hazel Simeon, a Lewiston Air Force veteran who is an area ...

1931. Oh, say can you see? The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes the national anthem of the United States. 1923. Henry Luce and Britain hadn't begin Publishing Time, America's first major ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... Francis Scott Key may have immortalized this unspoken sentiment in his poem as he watched his country’s spangled banner fly ...