They didn’t know until they saw the flag that we’d won, so this is the genesis of the poem. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ... the power that hath made and preserv’d us ...

Long before pop culture’s fascination with celebrity-inspired patriotism, before Whitney Houston made ... This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner ...

No one knows for sure who made the first American flag ... ("The Star-Spangled Banner" plays) The Star-Spangled banner isn't as old as the flag. It was written during another war, the War of ...

An American flag, flying high, a sight Key and his fellow patriots proudly hailed. Long beloved by Americans, "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became our National Anthem on March 3 ...

Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's ...

Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... bombs bursting in air” and still the American flag was visible over the “ramparts” of Fort McHenry, at great peril to ...

“If it wasn’t for that battle, we would not be the United States we are today,” said Annelise Montone, executive director at Baltimore’s Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, where the original ...