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Definition of The star-spangled banner

1. Noun. A poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States.

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Literary usage of The star-spangled banner

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1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1881)
"the star-spangled banner. IN order that all our readers may understand the frontispiece this month, we copy below, from The American Historical Record, ..."

2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1910)
"the star-spangled banner By FRANCIS SCOTT KEY [When the British fleet in 1814 approached Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Francis Scott Key was on board. ..."

3. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1898)
""the star-spangled banner." CONTRIBUTED BY MRS. REBECCA LLOYD SHIPPEN. [The following extract from a letter of the late Hon. Roger B. Taney, Chief-Justice ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"'The Star-Spangled Banner' was composed by one of the best of the American types. ... He wrote 'The Star-Spangled Banner' in a burst of inspiration. ..."

5. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient ...by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"the star-spangled banner. BT FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. [1780-1843.] OH, say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last ..."

6. The Story of Our National Ballads by C. A. Browne (1919)
"... with its younger rival of 1814, "The Star-Spangled Banner," and was played on every ship of Uncle Sam's Navy, when the colors were lowered at sunset. ..."

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