"The Star Spangled Banner" is commonly sung at sporting events and on patriotic occasions, although usually it is only the first verse of the song that is sung. The national anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" has four verses. This is the flag that Francis Scott Key saw the morning after the bombardment of Fort McHenry. The flag that was raised over Fort McHenry is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History today. The first public performance of the song occurred in 1814, when Ferdinand Durang, an actor from Baltimore, sang it at a tavern called Captain McCauley's. It was being printed under its original title "Defence of Fort McHenry" with a note that said, "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven". Soon after the first printings of the song it was printed by 17 more newspapers. The lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner" were first published in two newspapers called The American and the Baltimore Patriot on September 20th, 1814. William Beanes, and wrote the poem when he realized the next morning that the Americans had won the battle and their flag was still flying. He agreed to stay aboard the ship as part of condition of release of Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured by the British.įrancis Scott Key was aboard a British ship until the end of the bombardment of Fort McHenry. Other songs that were used officially in the United States prior to officially declaring "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem include "Hail, Columbia" and "My Country, 'Tis of Thee".įrancis Scott Key wrote the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" while on a mission to make a prisoner exchange for Dr. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson officially recognized the song as the national anthem, and in 1931 the U.S. Navy adopted "The Star Spangled Banner" as the national anthem in 1889. The poem was later set to music written by John Stafford Smith that had accompanied a British song titled "To Anacreon in Heaven".
He wrote the poem after watching British ships bombard Fort McHenry in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. This song's lyrics originated as a poem written in 1814 titled "Defence of Fort McHenry" written by Francis Scott Key. The United States national anthem is "The Star Spangled Banner".
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