Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics ... Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled ... which a statue of Francis Scott Key, the Maryland lawyer who wrote the words to the song during ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...

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, later to become America’s national anthem.

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... poem that is the basis for the Anthem is “racist”. Francis Scott Key was a slave owner, therefore we should not honor ...

But it may come as a surprise to some that the tune of The Star-Spangled ... the words used in the official US national anthem were taken from a poem written by Francis Scott Key - a lawyer ...

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who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner". Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy (Charlton) and Captain John Ross Key at the family ...