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 Banner,” is an ... in which a statue of Francis Scott Key, the Maryland lawyer who wrote the ...

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The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes ... The Associated Press The lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The song became recognized for official use by the US Navy in 1888 ...

Sher Koke is a singer-songwriter from Baltimore, Maryland. Below are the lyrics to a song Koke penned about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, commemorating one year since ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...