he saw the American flag—not the British Union Jack—flying over the fort, announcing an American victory. “The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue ...

The events during the Battle of Baltimore inspired the poem “The Defense of Fort McHenry" by Francis Scott Key. This poem was transformed into a song called “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and ...

The Star-Spangled Banner was penned by Francis Scott Key as he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the Battle of Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814. These words would ...

The fort’s star-spangled banner measured 42 feet by 30 feet and had 15 stars and 15 stripes. It was the custom in the very early days of the nation to add both a star and a stripe with the ...

The Star Spangled Banner was penned on a rainy night in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key. He was awestruck and inspired by witnessing the bombardment of Fort ...

Those that stayed were witness to one of the most iconic performances at the Music and Art Festival: his “Star-Spangled Banner ... following the Battle of Fort McHenry in 1814.

When lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star-Spangled Banner,” he was inspired by having witnessed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812.

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States ... when American lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key set his poem ‘Defence of Fort M’Henry’ to the music. Key was inspired ...

In the murky waters of Baltimore's harbor, between the Chesapeake Bay and a decommissioned fort, a red ... The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate ...