The actual flag raised over Fort McHenry by the dawn’s early light on Sept. 14 enjoys a place of honor today at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. It’s known as the ...

History | Updated: July 1, 2024 | Originally Published: March 1, 2007 How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in September 1814 made its way to the Smithsonian Cate Lineberry; Updated by ...

WASHINGTON - The seven-year effort to preserve the faded glory of America's most famous flag is nearly ... the dawn's early light" over the ragged ramparts of Fort McHenry in Maryland as British ...

The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...

It was, of course, the huge American flag that flew over Baltimore's Fort McHenry on a hot summer night in 1814. "Was," because this object at hand, the original Star-Spangled Banner, is no longer ...

Francis Scott Key's view of the American flag flying in triumphant defiance over Fort McHenry on the morning of Sept. 13, 1814, was not captured by photo or painting as he saw it. But the scene ...

Emily Raine Williams, the chief nurse, recalled singing, too: “War is over.” On Saturday, the eve of the armistice’s centenary, staff and volunteers from Fort McHenry came to Williams ...

When the replica of the Star-Spangled Banner isn't flying over Fort McHenry, it's used as a hands ... they raised the original of this flag over the ramparts of the fort," said U.S. Park Service ...