This 15-star flag, the Star-Spangled Banner that inspired Francis Scott Key’s poem, has been carefully preserved. Today it hangs in the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Francis Scott Key penned four verses to “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

1961 Kennedy Inauguration: United States Anthem- The Star-Spangled Banner and Hail to the Chief being played...more.

It is generally believed that the specific individual who wrote the melody was John Stafford Smith, one of the society members. The melody became very popular in America during the war of 1812 and was used in the Star Spangled Banner and several other patriotic songs of the time.

Jan 20, 2025 · Here’s a list of some singers at previous presidential inaugurations: John F Kennedy, 1961: Contralto Marian Anderson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965: The United States...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” sang by Marian Anderson. Administered to Lyndon Baines Johnson by Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn. Administered to John F. Kennedy by the Honorable Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

Jun 30, 2024 · During the Civil War, “The Star-Spangled Banner” became a symbol of patriotism both for the North and the South. On the Fourth of July in 1861, the first year of the War, physician and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes penned additional lyrics that became an unofficial fifth verse.

Dec 20, 2024 · Since 1931, "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been the national anthem of the United States. Journey back to 1814, and join Francis Scott Key, the man who wrote the words to the anthem, for a close look at this song of freedom.

Jan 20, 2025 · The Star-Spangled Banner, national anthem of the United States, with music adapted from the anthem of a singing club and words by Francis Scott Key. After a century of general use, the four-stanza song was officially adopted as the national anthem by an act of Congress in 1931.

Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), Washington lawyer and amateur poet, was inspired to pen the verses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by the unlikely success of American troops resisting the British attack on Baltimore’s Fort McHenry on September 13, 1814, two days after the burning of …