The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the ... negotiating the release of a group of American prisoners. Key, who was prohibited from ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, as it was quickly known, appeared in print across the country, immortalising both Key's words and the soon-to-be historic flag it celebrated. 'Soul-stirring words ...

The Star-Spangled Banner ... lyric-less until 1814, when American lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key set his poem ‘Defence of Fort M’Henry’ to the music. Key was inspired to write it after he ...

Jacksonville has established an American flag retirement drop box for proper disposal when no longer presentable.

What sank it? According to Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger, it came down to The Star-Spangled Banner. Birmingham brewer who makes THC drink vows to stay in business, calls new law ‘a ...

It’s a song every American has heard ... t know until they saw the flag that we’d won, so this is the genesis of the poem. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of ...