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 ...

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 ... Gaye’s 1983 NBA All-Star Game performance, ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney ... the Daughters of the American Revolution, an all-white organization of descendants of Revolutionary ...

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Francis Scott Key was a slave ... song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of 1812. The words describe a battle.