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The Star-Spangled Banner
"
The Star-Spangled Banner
" is the
national anthem
of the
United States of America
. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet
Francis Scott Key
after witnessing the bombardment of
Fort McHenry
by British ships of the
Royal Navy
in Baltimore Harbor during the
Battle of Fort McHenry
in the
War of 1812
.
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