"The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the United States Navy in 1889, and by U.S. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" and "America the Beautiful" both served as a de facto national anthem. wars, other songs served as the hymns of U.S. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today and the third stanza is almost never used publicly.įollowing the War of 1812 and subsequent U.S. 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. Key was inspired by seeing the large U.S. This took place against British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore. He wrote it after witnessing the defense of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. Originally a poem it was written by a 35-year-old white-American slave owner and lawyer Francis Scott Key. This is the national anthem of the United States. *On this date in 1814, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was composed.
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