"The Star Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston recording) ""The Star Spangled Banner"" is a charity single recorded by American singer Whitney Houston to raise funds for soldiers and families of those involved in the Persian Gulf War. Written by Francis Scott Key, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" is the National Anthem of the United States. The musical arrangement for Whitney Houston's rendition was by conductor John Clayton. The recording was produced by music coordinator Rickey Minor, along with Houston herself. The recording was included in the 2014 CD/DVD release, """" and the US edition of the 2000 release, """". Traditionally performed at sports"
"Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland who is best known for writing a poem which later became the lyrics for the United States' national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". During the War of 1812, Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland in 1814. Key was inspired upon viewing the American flag still flying over the fort at dawn, and wrote the poem ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"", which was published a week later. The poem was adapted to the tune of the popular"
"during the early morning hours of September 13. When Key saw the next morning that the flag was still flying after a fierce battle he was inspired then and there on the ""Minden"" to write on the back of a letter the poem ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", which ultimately became the Star-Spangled Banner. Beanes spent the remainder of his life on Academy Hill in Upper Marlboro. He died there in 1828 with his wife preceding him in 1822. William Beanes William Beanes (January 24, 1749 – October 12, 1828) was an American physician during the U.S. colonial period. Beanes was"
"outside the eastern outskirts of town on the ""Patapsco Neck"" on September 12, at the Battle of North Point, then on the night of September 13–14, 1814. United States forces from Fort McHenry successfully defended the city's harbor from the British. Francis Scott Key, (1779–1843), a Maryland lawyer from Georgetown and Frederick, was aboard a British ship where he had been negotiating for the release of an American prisoner, Dr. William Beanes. Key witnessed the bombardment from this ship and after seeing the huge American flag on the morning of September 14, 1814, he wrote ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", a poem"
"John Adams Webster John Adams Webster (1789–1877) was a captain in the United States Navy, who, as a young third lieutenant, heard the sound of the British oars as its small flotilla approach Fort McHenry in Baltimore, September 13, 1814. He remained in the battle in spite of being wounded twice and received commendations for this from the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland. It was during this battle that Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star Spangled Banner”. Webster remained active in his military service serving as a captain in the Revenue Service until his death. John Adams"
"a Spanish-language version from 1919. It has since been translated into Hebrew and Yiddish by Jewish immigrants, Latin American Spanish (with one version popularized during immigration reform protests in 2006), French by Acadians of Louisiana, Samoan, and Irish. The third verse of the anthem has also been translated into Latin. With regard to the indigenous languages of North America, there are versions and Cherokee. The Star-Spangled Banner ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and"
"such as ""Your Eyes Have Told Me What I Did Not Know"" (1913), ""Tennessee, I Hear You Calling Me"" (1914), ""The Old Songs"", and """" (1917). His one huge hit was his song K-K-K-Katy (1918), one of the most popular tunes of the World War I era. It was sung in both World War I and World War II, occasionally as ""K. K. K. K. P."" He was commissioned by the Wilson administration to compose the modern day version of the Star Spangled Banner. Geoffrey O'Hara Geoffrey O'Hara (February 2, 1882 – January 31, 1967) was a Canadian American composer,"
"the bridge site in late March, and approved the site in early April. The Senate passed some minor amendments to the House bill, and after some legislative discussions and a conference committee, the Carlin bill passed Congress on May 2, 1916. President Woodrow Wilson signed the legislation on May 19. On June 1, 1916, the Army Corps of Engineers named the new bridge ""Francis Scott Key Bridge,"" in honor of the man who had written the lyrics to the ""Star Spangled Banner"" whose home was just a few blocks from the bridge's abutment. Plans began to be drawn up at"
"Bowery Theatre Company. He died in 1831. Ferdinand Durang Ferdinand Durang (c. 1785 – 1831) was an American actor, best known as the first person to sing publicly Francis Scott Key's ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of John Durang of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, America's first native-born actor. He served in the Pennsylvania militia. It is disputed whether he actually matched Key's poem with the tune of ""To Anacreon in Heaven,"" a popular drinking song, but he is generally recognized as the first person to publicly sing it, at Captain McCauley's tavern in Baltimore in October"
"Ferdinand Durang Ferdinand Durang (c. 1785 – 1831) was an American actor, best known as the first person to sing publicly Francis Scott Key's ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of John Durang of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, America's first native-born actor. He served in the Pennsylvania militia. It is disputed whether he actually matched Key's poem with the tune of ""To Anacreon in Heaven,"" a popular drinking song, but he is generally recognized as the first person to publicly sing it, at Captain McCauley's tavern in Baltimore in October 1814. He was a member of the"
"this song the United States' national anthem in 1931. John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (30 March 175021 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for ""The Anacreontic Song"", which became the tune for the American patriotic song ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. Smith was baptised in Gloucester Cathedral, England, on 30 March 1750, the"
"estimated that 5% of the soldiers who fought in the Civil War were under the age of 18. This marker, erected in 1881, is ""dedicated to the memory of the children who served and died in the civil war 1861-1865"". The Francis Scott Key Memorial Association commissioned the American sculptor Alexander Doyle, to create a monument suitable for the author of the national anthem of the United States. On August 9, 1898, Julia McHenry Howard unveiled the monument of her grandfather and author of the ""Star Spangled Banner"", Francis Scott Key. Key and his wife, Mary Taylor Key, were relocated"
"April. The Senate passed some minor amendments to the House bill, and after some legislative discussions and a conference committee, the Carlin bill passed Congress on May 2, 1916. President Woodrow Wilson signed the legislation on May 19. On June 1, 1916, the Army Corps of Engineers named the new bridge ""Francis Scott Key Bridge,"" in honor of the man who had written the lyrics to the ""Star Spangled Banner"" whose home was just a few blocks from the bridge's abutment. Plans began to be drawn up at that time. The plans were nearly complete by September. When repairs on"
"of Fort McHenry on the night of September 13–14, 1814, that inspired him to write the ""Star-Spangled Banner."" Col. Marbury's eldest son, who was known as Captain William Marbury because of his service in the War of 1812, served in a number of positions of Legislature from 1798 to 1800, and was elected several times as Clerk of the County Court. Shortly after his marriage to Susan Fendall, his health began to fail and he died of tuberculosis at the age of 34. William Luke Marbury, eldest son of Capt. William Marbury, inherited Wyoming at his father's death. He devoted"
"the night and were retreating. Skinner, Key, and Beanes were released to go back home on their ship. They arrived at Baltimore on September 16. Key was inspired to write a poem of the event on the back of a letter, which ultimately became the Star Spangled Banner. Beanes was the incidental cause for the reason why Key wrote the poem that led to the American national anthem. Some historians think it was the morning of September 13, instead of September 14, when Key saw the flag was still there and wrote his famous poem, later called ""The Star-Spangled Banner""."
"amendment to the pledge of allegiance to add the words ""under God."" The ""New York Times"" ran article on facts and myths associated with the flag on the day before Flag Day, and then an article on the ""discipline"" of the flag on Flag Day itself, saying, with reference to a national air-raid drill ""we are all soldiers now"". Francis Scott Key, composer of ""The Star Spangled Banner"", was born in 1779, 175 years before 1954. The Iwo Jima Marine Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, with its large US flag, was dedicated on 11 November 1954. Johns and his father"
"Dudley Buck Dudley Buck (March 10, 1839October 6, 1909) was an American composer, organist, and writer on music. He published several books, most notably the ""Dictionary of Musical Terms"" and ""Influence of the Organ in History"", which was published in New York City in 1882. He is best known today for his organ composition, ""Concert Variations on the Star-Spangled Banner"", Op. 23, which was later arranged into an orchestral version. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Buck was the son of a merchant who gave him every opportunity to cultivate his musical talents. After attending Trinity College, for four years (1858–1862) he"
"John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (30 March 175021 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for ""The Anacreontic Song"", which became the tune for the American patriotic song ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. Smith was baptised in Gloucester Cathedral, England, on 30 March 1750, the son of Martin Smith, organist of Gloucester Cathedral from"
"(1798). Francis Scott Key wrote ""Defence of Fort McHenry"" during the War of 1812, while detained on a British ship during the night of 13 September 1814, as the British forces bombarded the American fort. Key specifically wrote the lyrics with this familiar patriotic tune in mind, just as he had done with an earlier set of his lyrics, ""When the Warrior Returns"", in which he had made similar use of ""star-spangled banner"" imagery. Later retitled ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", Key's lyrics, set to Stafford Smith's music, became a well-known and recognized patriotic song throughout the United States, and was officially"
"The Conquered Banner ""The Conquered Banner"" was one of the most popular of the post-Civil War Confederate poems. It was written by Roman Catholic priest and Confederate Army chaplain, Father Abram Joseph Ryan, who is sometimes called the ""poet laureate of the postwar south"" and ""poet-priest of the Confederacy"". The poem was first published on June 24, 1865, in the pro-Confederate Roman Catholic newspaper the ""New York Freeman"" under the pen-name ""Moina"". It made Father Ryan famous and became one of the best known poems of the post-war South, memorized and recited by generations of Southern schoolchildren. Ryan told an"
"Key who penned The Star Spangled Banner while watching the British bombardment of Armistead's fort. His son Lewis Addison Armistead was a Confederate general who died during Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. ""This article contains public domain text from"" Walker Keith Armistead Walker Keith Armistead (March 25, 1773 – October 13, 1845) was a military officer who served as Chief of Engineers of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. Armistead was born in Upperville, Fauquier County, Virginia, and served as an orderly sergeant at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. He graduated from West Point in"
"Clotilde Arias Clotilde Arias Chávarri Anduaga de Ferrero (20 June 1901 – 6 May 1959) was a Peruvian-American lyricist and composer. She is best known for her composition of the song ""Huiracocha"", popular in Peru and sung worldwide; and for her translation of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", the United States national anthem, into lyrical Spanish, commissioned by the U.S. Department of State in 1946. Arias was born in 1901 in Iquitos, Perú, on the shores of the Amazon. She moved to New York City in 1923 to study music. She married José Anduaga, another Peruvian artist, in 1929. They settled in"
"imagery in the earlier song.) It has become better known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Though somewhat difficult to sing, it became increasingly popular, competing with ""Hail, Columbia"" (1796) as the de facto national anthem by the time of the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. More than a century after its first publication, the song was adopted as the American national anthem, first by an Executive Order from President Woodrow Wilson in1916 (which had little effect beyond requiring military bands to play what became known as the ""Service Version"") and then by a Congressional resolution in1931, signed by President Herbert"
"intense all-night bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British ships offshore was memorialized by Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore lawyer who witnessed the ferocious attack from one of the vessels, and put down his thoughts watching the barrage - which failed to either destroy the fort or subdue its defenders - in a four-stanza poem, which became known as The Star-Spangled Banner and later became America's national anthem. In some cases even incomplete forts (some with fake wooden cannon barrels painted black pointed out the embrasures) were sufficient to deter attack from the sea. But, undefended and unfortified, Washington, D.C.,"
"Representatives passed the bill later that year. The Senate passed the bill on March 3, 1931. President Herbert Hoover signed the bill on March 4, 1931, officially adopting ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as the national anthem of the United States of America. As currently codified, the United States Code states that ""[t]he composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem."" The song is notoriously difficult for nonprofessionals to sing because of its wide rangea 12th. Humorist Richard Armour referred to the song's difficulty in his book ""It All Started With Columbus"". Professional and"
"in Montgomery County, Maryland. The land was acquired by the National Capital Park Commission pursuant to the Capper-Crampton Act of May 29, 1930. The park was dedicated to Francis Scott Key, author of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", and donated by the Francis Scott Key Foundation to the National Park Service in 1993. At the center of the park is a brownstone brick plaza covered by a limestone pergola draped in wisteria. The centerpiece is a bronze bust of Francis Scott Key by sculptor Betty Mailhouse Dunston. To the sides are interpretative signs. Within the park flies a 15-star, 15-Stripe replica of"
"There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere ""There's A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere"" is a patriotic anthem written in 1942 by Paul Roberts and Shelby Darnell (a pseudonym for producer Bob Miller). The song was completed, along with other tunes, on Swan's Island, Maine, where Paul Roberts visited and performed with his soon to become wife, Annie Marrithew, during World War II. The song enjoyed its greatest popularity during the war years. The ""somewhere"" in the title of the song refers to an idealistic version of heaven reserved for the brave U.S. soldiers fighting the Axis Powers, somewhat akin to the"
"was inspired to write the poem that became the lyrics to The Star-Spangled Banner— the national anthem of the United States. Since Key was on military orders to guarantee his safe passage, it may be said that the Star Spangled Banner was written by a District of Columbia National Guardsman on temporary active duty. The D.C. National Guard has played a special role in Presidential Inaugurations, a tradition starting in the earliest days of the nation. The D.C. Militia or National Guard has been at every Presidential Inauguration beginniing with an honor detail which rode with President Washington in recognition"
"USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) USS ""Francis Scott Key"" (SSBN-657), a ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the poem ""The Defense of Fort McHenry"", which became the words to the United States' national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". During WW 2 there was a liberty ship USS Francis Scott Key 0016 The contract to build ""Francis Scott Key"" was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 29 July 1963 and her"
"had experienced on the other side of the country—at least until he found himself defending a man who had become fodder for sensationalists and gossipers around the country. Daniel Sickles was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was married to Teresa Bagioli Sickles, the daughter of composer Antonio Bagioli. Sickles' wife had begun an affair with Philip Barton Key, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and the son of Francis Scott Key, writer of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". On Sunday, February 27, 1859, Sickles confronted Key in Lafayette Square, declaring, ""Key,"
"youth"" (1790), ""Blow, blow, thou winter wind"" (1793) and ""The cloud-cap't towers""(1795). Among Stevens’s compositions that did not outlive him were some anthems, including several for Christ's Hospital; three keyboard sonatas; an opera entitled ""Emma""; and a few songs and hymn tunes. Stevens was a professional member of the Anacreontic Society and it is through his journal accounts that we know that John Stafford Smith wrote their club song ""The Anacreontic Song"", which, considerably altered and with new words, is now the national anthem of the USA, ""The Star Spangled Banner"". R. J. S. Stevens Richard John Samuel Stevens (27"
"the final stanza of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: ""And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'"" The change from ""E Pluribus Unum"" to ""In God We Trust"" was generally considered uncontroversial at the time, given the rising influence of organized religion and pressures of the Cold War era in the 1950s. The 1956 law was one of several legislative actions Congress took to"
"George Henry Preble George Henry Preble (February 25, 1816 – March 1, 1885) was an American naval officer and writer, notable for his history of the flag of the United States and for taking the first photograph of the Fort McHenry flag that inspired ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". He was born in Portland, Maine into a seafaring family; his father was sea captain Enoch Preble, whose brother was the noted Commodore Edward Preble. George entered the Navy as a midshipman on December 10, 1835, serving on the frigate until 1838. He was in the Florida war in 1841, and was on"