Complete version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" showing spelling and punctuation from Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
The text Of The Star-Spangler/ Banner was written by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer by profession, who HE music to which The Star-Spang/í't/ Banner is sung was written by John Stafford Smith, an English organist and composer of prominence.
The Star Spangled Banner (The Defense of Fort McHenry) September 20, 1814 By Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
“The Star-Spangled Banner,” officially the United States’ national anthem since 1931, began as a poem, “Defen se of Fort Mc Henry,” authored by white American lawyer Francis Scott Key . The poem
Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag, which flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the 1814 battle at the fort, is a 15-star, 15-stripe garrison flag made in 1813 and loosely woven so that it could fly on a 90-foot flagpole. This patriotic song, whose words were written by Francis Scott Key on Sept. 14, 1814,
The Star-Spangled Banner Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
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The words of "The Star Spangled Banner" were written by Mr. Key in 1814 under stirring circumstances. He Was detained on board one of the British ships which attacked Fort McHenry.
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The Star-Spangled Banner The National Anthem of the United States of America by Francis Scott Key Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?