The Star-Spangled Banner

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American song national anthem patriotic song

The Star-Spangled Banner is a patriotic American song, with lyrics written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, that celebrates the resilience of the U.S. flag and is traditionally performed at public and sporting events.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
United States national anthem 5
Defence of Fort M'Henry 3
"The Star-Spangled Banner" 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American song ⓘ
national anthem ⓘ
patriotic song ⓘ
associatedLocation Fort McHenry ⓘ
associatedSymbol United States flag ⓘ
surface form: Star-Spangled Banner flag
basedOn The Star-Spangled Banner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Defence of Fort M'Henry
commonlySungStanzas 1 ⓘ
composedBy John Stafford Smith ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of American national identity ⓘ
symbol of patriotism in the United States ⓘ
declaredNationalAnthemBy United States Congress ⓘ
declaredNationalAnthemOf United States of America ⓘ
declaredNationalAnthemOnDate 1931-03-03 ⓘ
firstPublicPerformanceLocation Baltimore ⓘ
genre patriotic music ⓘ
hasControversyAbout kneeling protests during performances ⓘ
hasNotablePerformanceAt Super Bowl ⓘ
World Series ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy Whitney Houston ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricsBy Francis Scott Key ⓘ
melodyOrigin To Anacreon in Heaven ⓘ
melodyOriginType British song ⓘ
numberOfStanzasInOriginalPoem 4 ⓘ
openingLine O say can you see, by the dawn's early light ⓘ
originalTitle The Star-Spangled Banner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Defence of Fort M'Henry
performanceContext military ceremonies ⓘ
presidential inaugurations ⓘ
public ceremonies ⓘ
sporting events ⓘ
publisherOfOriginalPoem Baltimore Patriot and Evening Advertiser ⓘ
setToMusicByYear 1814 ⓘ
signedIntoLawBy Herbert Hoover ⓘ
subject United States flag ⓘ
defense of Fort McHenry ⓘ
resilience of the United States ⓘ
textForm poem ⓘ
typeOfWork vocal music ⓘ
typicalInstrumentation voice and band ⓘ
typicalKey B-flat major ⓘ
usedAt Olympic Games medal ceremonies for U.S. athletes ⓘ
usedBy United States Armed Forces ⓘ
vocalRange about one and a half octaves ⓘ
writtenAtEvent Battle of Baltimore ⓘ
writtenAtLocation Baltimore Harbor ⓘ
writtenDuring War of 1812 ⓘ
writtenInYear 1814 ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: The Star Spangled Banner
United States flag → alsoKnownAs → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
1992 NHL All-Star Game → anthemPerformerUSA → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Super Bowl LIII → anthemSong → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Super Bowl XXV → anthemSong → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Super Bowl XXXVIII → anthemSong → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
United States flag → associatedSong → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
American nationalism → associatedWith → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Battle of Baltimore → associatedWith → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States national anthem
Fort McHenry → associatedWith → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States national anthem
Francis Scott Key gravesite → associatedWith → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States national anthem
Mary Tayloe Lloyd → associatedWith → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Star-Spangled Banner (U.S. national anthem)
The Star-Spangled Banner → basedOn → The Star-Spangled Banner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence of Fort M'Henry
Francis Scott Key gravesite → commemoratesWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
My Country, 'Tis of Thee → followedBy → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
National Museum of American History → hasCollection → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Star-Spangled Banner flag
Ralph Tomlinson → hasInfluenceOn → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States national anthem
To Anacreon in Heaven → hasMelodyUsedBy → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
To Anacreon in Heaven → hasMelodyUsedBy → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Star-Spangled Banner (United States national anthem)
Rattle and Hum → hasPart → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Star Spangled Banner
album "The Hip-Hop Violinist" → hasTrack → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
subject surface form: The Hip-Hop Violinist
this entity surface form: Star-Spangled Banner
United States national symbols → includes → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
United States national symbols → includes → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: National anthem The Star-Spangled Banner
Anacreontic Society → influencedWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
John Stafford Smith → influencedWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Battle of Baltimore → inspired → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Fort McHenry → inspired → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Congreve rockets → inspiredWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Fort McHenry → inspiredWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence of Fort M'Henry
George Armistead → inspiredWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Mary Pickersgill → inspiredWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Star-Spangled Banner (United States national anthem)
subject surface form: Adams and Liberty
Francis Scott Key Monument in Baltimore → mainSubject → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Scott Key Monument (Baltimore)
this entity surface form: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
United States of America → nationalAnthem → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Scott → notableWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Scott Key
Key → notableWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Scott Key
The Star-Spangled Banner → originalTitle → The Star-Spangled Banner self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence of Fort M'Henry
Francis Scott Key → originalTitleOfWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Defence of Fort M’Henry"
Combined Armed Forces chorus → performerOf → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Baltimore Patriot and Evening Advertiser → relatedTo → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Pledge of Allegiance → relatedTo → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States national anthem
To Anacreon in Heaven → relatedWork → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
subject surface form: Adams and Liberty
subject surface form: Adams and Liberty
United States beach soccer team → usesNationalAnthem → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Ralph Tomlinson → workInfluenced → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
Francis Scott Key → wroteLyricsFor → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Scott → wroteLyricsFor → The Star-Spangled Banner ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Scott Key