star spangled banner

Francis Key's composition

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States, written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry.

The phrase itself describes the American flag—stars scattered across a field of blue.

Please rise for the Star-Spangled Banner.

national anthemOfficial patriotic composition
flagCloth symbol or signal
AmericaWestern superpower nation
patrioticDevoted to homeland
Francis Scott KeyNational anthem lyricist

Fort McHenry · rocket · twilight · dawn · stripes · Old Glory · freedom · gallantly · ramparts · Baltimore · battlefield · pride · Fourth of July · baseball · Super Bowl · Whitney Houston · Jimi Hendrix · standing

Opposites

national symbolism

star spangled bannerGod Save the King

British national anthem

Internationale · La Marseillaise · O Canada · hammer and sickle · Union Jack

political ideology

star spangled bannerred flag

Indicator of danger

patriotic sentiment

star spangled bannerflag burning

Destroying national emblem by fire

protest song · Strange Fruit · protest anthem · dissent

Family

spangled, banner, stars, starred, starring, starry, stardom, starlet, starlight

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G