Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 battle flag that inspired it all.

Notes Also known as 2011-00044 and MAH-11115 See also Record Unit 285, Box 18, Folder 3. Summary Exhibit of the Star-Spangled Banner, acquired on loan in 1907, and exhibited in the middle of the west ...

Singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" to kick off the championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aguilera messed up the line, "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so ...

The poem was initially printed anonymously, and as the newly minted song “The Star-Spangled Banner” it was soon published by Carr’s Music Store in Baltimore. During the rest of the 19th ...

April 27, 2006 — -- "The Star Spangled Banner" has provided the soundtrack to our national pastime since 1918, when the spirited tune debuted at a baseball game. Now there is a new version ...

When you think of the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., what comes to mind? The original Star-Spangled Banner made famous by Francis Scott Key? Dorothy’s ruby red slippers? Maybe even the massive ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...