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The Star-Spangled Banner: History and Significance

Learn about the creation of the American national anthem by lawyer Francis Scott Key, inspired by the Battle of Fort McHenry. President Madison's escape, the role of Mary Young Pickersgill, and the enduring symbol of freedom. Discover the poem that became the anthem in 1931.

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The Star-Spangled Banner: History and Significance

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  1. The Star Spangled Banner by D. Fisher

  2. Frances Scott Key (1779-1843) Lawyer

  3. Key’s House Wife Mary 11 Children

  4. 42 feet long 30 feet wide Mary Young Pickersgill made a big flag for Fort McHenry.

  5. British Burned Washington, D.C. President Madison had to flee.

  6. Fort McHenry

  7. American Soldier

  8. Key was on a British Ship • Looked for his friend, Dr. Beanes. • Dr. Beanes helped wounded soldiers. • Key & Beanes could not go home. • Watched the battle all night.

  9. Key & Beames Watching

  10. The flag was still there.

  11. Key wrote a poem.

  12. 1931 Presedent Hover signs the law making the “Star Spangled Banner” the National Anthem

  13. The original flag hangs in the Smithsonian Institute

  14. The Star Spangled Banner Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early lightWhat so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

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