Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis ... late 1700s by a man named John Stafford ...

Upon emerging to strap on his guitar, his first words to the spectators were, “Is the guy here who gave me ... Then he started to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many guitar heroes have ...

Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In 1940, the chapel at Buckingham Palace was destroyed in ...

The poem became the now legendary "Star-Spangled Banner" and eventually began ... It's called "The Anacreontic Song." It was written by a man named John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society.

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... So I guess anything they wrote should be removed. So let’s get rid of the Constitution. The poem is a form of art and should ...

offers a unique rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, celebrating the enduring legacy of America’s National Anthem, written in 1814. Source: The United States Army Field Band New film claims ...