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.

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... In Robert Burns’s battle poem “Scots Wha Hae,” written in ...

Tim O'Brien Broad Stripes and Bright Stars by George Green Composing this poem, Green recalled seeing ... Smithsonian working to restore the Star-Spangled Banner in a room with a model of a ...

Removed from exhibit in 1998 for a conservation project that cost about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become ... evening and finished a long poem about the battle, with its ...

The poem is a form of art and should be appreciated as art, not dismissed because of the personal beliefs of the author. Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a ...

What does it matter that some critics say the words of Francis Scott Key’s war poem were set to music of a barroom tune?“The Star-Spangled Banner” today is the national anthem of the United ...