WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the flag that inspired the song's lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, the first time ...
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The wild history behind our national anthem
Before it became a solemn patriotic symbol, 'The Star-Spangled Banner' began life as a raucous English drinking song. Francis Scott Key’s stirring words, inspired by the sight of the American flag ...
Sunday is "National Anthem Day" which marks the day that the "Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the country's national anthem Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that would eventually become The "Star ...
Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion of the ...
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