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 ... late 1700s by a man named John Stafford ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... the Maryland lawyer who wrote the words to the song during the ...

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

Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner. Thanks to my high school classmate ... the enslaved wanted their freedom. A Black man ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided ... Our anthem proves metaphoric once again: The banner about which Key wrote was not the banner about which we sing. The banner flown over ...