The Star-Spangled Banner remained in Flag Hall until 1998, when it taken down to undergo extensive conservation. Removing 1.7 Million Stitches in under a Year. Watch on .

The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, ...

This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott ...

Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" down nearly 200 years ago and for the first time ever, his original manuscript has been united with the flag that inspired his words at the ...

The Star-Spangled Banner has a sibling, and we have no idea where it is. In 1813, Mary Pickersgill, a Baltimore flagmaker, was commissioned to make two flags for Fort McHenry.

The Star-Spangled Banner is kept at the Smithsonian Institution.. Beginning Baltimore. Mary Pickersgill made two flags for Fort McHenry: a huge garrison flag and a smaller storm flag.

Also at the exit is a tactile panel with an outline of the flag and a full-size star for visitors who are visually impaired. No photography permitted. Spanish-language label translation available at ...

Spangled Banner,” “ America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America” — all patriotic songs that celebrate America.

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Its home is the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, but the original manuscript of the Star-Spangled Banner is about to leave town for a little while. Ron Matz has more on ...

The Star-Spangled Banner is kept at the Smithsonian Institution.. Beginning Baltimore. Mary Pickersgill made two flags for Fort McHenry: a huge garrison flag and a smaller storm flag.

June 14 is Flag Day, commemorating Congress’ adoption of the red-white-and-blue flag with 13 stars on June 14, 1777.