Long before pop culture’s fascination with celebrity-inspired patriotism, before Whitney ... was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned ...

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States ... when American lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key set his poem ‘Defence of Fort M’Henry’ to the music. Key was inspired ...

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