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 ...

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 ...

was opened in 1977 in honour of Francis Scott Key, a 19th Century Maryland poet who wrote the words for the US national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. The bridge was 1.6 miles (2.6km ...