The poem was set to a tune called ... of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, ’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O’er the land ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long ... have immortalized this unspoken sentiment in his poem as he watched his country’s spangled banner fly over the bombarded Fort McHenry: “O, say, ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

(WHTM) — On this day in 1931, it became the law of the land: The Star Spangled Banner was the official ... he wrote a four stanza poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry”. Before long it was set ...