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§ 301(a).įrancis Scott Key's original manuscript copy of his "Defence of Fort M'Henry" poem. The resolution is now codified at 36 U.S.C. 1508) making the song the official national anthem of the United States, which President Herbert Hoover signed into law. Congress passed a joint resolution (46 Stat. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was first recognized for official use by the U.S. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today. With a range of 19 semitones, it is known for being very difficult to sing. This setting, renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", soon became a well-known U.S. " To Anacreon in Heaven" (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London.

flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. The lyrics come from the " Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written on September 14, 1814, by 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Outer Baltimore Harbor in the Patapsco River during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. The flag wav­ing over Fort McKen­na in the recent pho­to is a repli­ca of the actu­al flag wit­nessed by Frances Scott Key on Sep­tem­ber 14, 1812, inspir­ing “The Star-​Spangled Ban­ner” which offi­cial­ly became the nation­al anthem of the Unit­ed States of Amer­i­ca in 1931." The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States.

In the mean­time, read about the restora­tion and preser­va­tion of the orig­i­nal flag at Smith­son­ian Mag­a­zine. (One sur­pris­ing fact unfold­ed after anoth­er dur­ing research.) You will be noti­fied when Amper­Art #179 Land of the Free & Home of the Brave is updat­ed, most like­ly mid-2022. Of spe­cial note is that Fran­cis Scott Key actu­al­ly penned an amper­sand in the phrase “o’er the land of the free & the home of the brave.” Good going, Frank!ĭevel­op­ment of this post has been sus­pend­ed until time allows for a com­pre­hen­sive com­pi­la­tion of sto­ries and images. The his­to­ry of “The Star-​Spangled Ban­ner” - the nation­al anthem of the USA - is fas­ci­nat­ing. This is a high-​resolution pdf & may take a few minutes to download. #179 Land of the Free & Home of the BraveĬlick image to view full size or download poster for gallery-​quality printing & framing.