The Star Spangled Banner (Defense of Fort McHenry)

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Channel: David Pope · 2011 · Education

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The Star-Spangled Banner, aka Defense of Fort McHenry, by Francis Scott Key, September 13, 1815.  Key was on board a British truce ship in Baltimore harbor during the assault on Fort McHenry.  This epic poem, set to the tume of the drinking song "Anachreon in Heaven," became the United States National Anthem.

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