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

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.

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

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 ...

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.

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The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the Smithsonian's ...

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 ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner". Francis Scott Key was born to Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy (Charlton) and Captain John Ross Key at the family plantation Terra Rubra in what was Frederick County and is ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney and poet, who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry after a ...