George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem ...

They didn’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 the free and the home of the brave?

The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the Smithsonian's ...

Academy and Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste will sing the national anthem at the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans. Batiste, 38, is a native of Metairie, LA. His family is considered a New ...

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... bombs bursting in air” and still the American flag was visible over the “ramparts” of Fort McHenry, at great peril to ...

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States ... Key was inspired to write it after he saw the American flag flying above Fort McHenry after US forces fought off an attack by ...

The Grammy winner performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Caesars Superdome ... coaches and even President Donald Trump honored the flag. Baptiste appeared at a piano — decorated with ...