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.

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Jennifer Jones and Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss talked about the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's centerpiece exhibit of the Star-Spangled Banner. 2014 marked the 200th anniversary of ...

The Fort McHenry Flag. Tom McMillan, an award winning author of several works in American history, with ties to the Antietam Institute, the Gettysburg Foundation, and the Friends of Flight 93 National ...

Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is a difficult song for many to perform, but not to the West Springfield resident, who has been selected to sing it at the 127th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17 ...

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.