The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

Like so many famous songs of yore, "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.

They will then express the meaning of "The Star-Spangled Banner" national anthem in their own words and write their own poetry in relation to the flag or other historical event. This activity is ...

However, their performance of the Star-Spangled Banner was almost universally slammed ... David Knowles wrote: 'Still ...

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

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New York Giants legend Michael Strahan has come under fire for failing to put his hand over his heart during the national ...

Francis Scott Key was a slave owner ... 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 ...

Veterans Day reminds America of the sacrifices the great men and women in the U.S. armed forces made and continue to make to ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... in which a statue of Francis Scott Key, the Maryland lawyer who ...