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Star-Spangled Banner (flag)
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Star-Spangled Banner (flag)
The
Star-Spangled Banner
, or the
Great Garrison Flag
, was the garrison flag that flew over
Fort McHenry
in
Baltimore
Harbor during the
naval
portion of the
Battle of Baltimore
during the
War of 1812
. Seeing the flag during the battle inspired
Francis Scott Key
to write the poem "
Defence of Fort McHenry
", which, retitled with the flag's name of the closing lines of the first stanza and set to the tune "
To Anacreon in Heaven
" by
John Stafford Smith
, later became the
national anthem of the United States
.
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