"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. The stanzas recount the Battle of ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... Just as we could not fault Key’s uncertainty in the outcome of the battle at Fort McHenry, we cannot fault our modern brothers ...

During the 25-hour battle, says historian Sheads ... but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head, a popular English ...

Secondly, look at the song itself. 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 describe a battle. With a ...

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 ...

His subject -- Fort McHenry the morning after the 1814 battle -- seems ... women at the Smithsonian working to restore the Star-Spangled Banner in a room with a model of a giant squid.

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 ...