“The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t actually adopted ... The next morning, he looked out and saw the flag rising above Fort McHenry, which moved him to write the poem. Clague: He can’t ...

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 ...

Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment from a ship in Baltimore harbor and expressed his gratitude and relief at the victory in a poem that became "The Star-Spangled Banner." Following the Battle ...

Texas High School Tiger band performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. The tune was ...

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

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney, slaveholder and poet, who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry ...