The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...

Museum collections stored in building having dormer windows." (Smithsonian Archives Center) 5. The Star-Spangled Banner flag is on display at the National Museum of American History. And it's ...

WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the flag that inspired the song’s lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington ...

In 1878, New York stockbroker Eben Appleton inherited the Star-Spangled Banner, the very flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write what later became the national anthem. In 1912, he donated the ...

The star-spangled banner stamp was dedicated Thursday at the National Museum of American History. The Smithsonian has housed the flag that inspired the words for the national anthem since the ...

WASHINGTON — The original, handwritten manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the flag that inspired the song's lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington ...

The original, handwritten manuscript of ìThe Star-Spangled Bannerî and the flag that inspired the songís lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, what is believed to ...

Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" down nearly 200 ... manuscript has been united with the flag that inspired his words at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

a curator who oversees the flag at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. The Star-Spangled Banner is showing its age now, but the Smithsonian carefully preserved it for display.

Into the growing list of TV programs introduced by President Obama goes tomorrow’s Smithsonian Channel one-hour special A Star-Spangled Story: Battle For America. In a video message, Obama will ...

Here’s how our national anthem was inspired by the flag flying at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Through the perilous fight? The Star-Spangled Banner that inspired Francis Scott Key to ...

The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington ...