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The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the U.S.A., with lyrics written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. It was written during the War of 1812, our second and last against the British, in the form of a poem describing the Battle of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor.

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President Hoover signed it into law as the national anthem in 1931. We will be celebrating it's 200th anniversary this year (2014).

Written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 it was later set to the tune of an 18th century drinking song.

Ref: Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2014

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...the Star Spangled Banner became The National Anthem by a congressional resolution (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301)., which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

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The lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London, England. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), set to various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it would soon become a well-known American patriotic song.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and by the President in 1916.

Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. "My Country Tis of Thee", whose melody was derived from the British National Anthem, served as a de factonational anthem of the United States before the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner". Following the War of 1812 and subsequent American wars, other songs would emerge to compete for popularity at public events, among them "The Star-Spangled Banner".

With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today, with the fourth ("O thus be it ever when free men shall stand...") added on more formal occasions.

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The Star-Spangled banner was first officially recognized as the US National Anthem in 1916 by the executive order of President Woodrow Wilson. It was later affirmed by an act of the US Congress March 3, 1931 while Herbert Hoover was the President.

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It was originally written as a poem in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. I've added a link for reference to the bottom of this answer.

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It was declared the official national anthem in 1931.

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The Star Spangled Banner - Whitney Houston song - was created on 1991-02-12.

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