It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812 ... 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 ...

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner ... since the onset of the War of 1812, a fleet of British ...

The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of 1812. The words ... and still the American flag was visible over the “ramparts ...

As such, it is appropriate to consider what the transition means for Black America, and how its musicians have interpreted the “Star Spangled Banner ... during the War of 1812.

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

During the War of 1812, British forces sailed to Baltimore ... and expressed his gratitude and relief at the victory in a poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner." Following the Battle of Baltimore ...