Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 ...

The poem was initially printed anonymously, and as the newly minted song “The Star-Spangled Banner” it was soon published by Carr’s Music Store in Baltimore.

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...