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

What to know about collapsed Baltimore bridge The bridge's namesake was an attorney who wrote the lyrics of The Star Spangled Banner. Key is believed to have witnessed the bombardment of Fort ...

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Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

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.