[10 hrs] USA Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner) — Instrumental

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 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 Outer Baltimore Harbor in the Patapsco River during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. Lyrics: O say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave 1st instrumental version:    • The USA Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner) ...   2nd instrumental version:    • National Anthem of USA (The Star-Spangled ...   Choral version    • National Anthem of USA (The Star-Spangled ...   Vocal version:    • National Anthem of USA (The Star-Spangled ...