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The Star-Spangled Banner is a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key and is the national anthem of the United States of America. Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, wrote it after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland by British ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812.
By the late 19th century, The Star Spangled Banner had become the official song of the U.S. military, but it wasn't until 1931 that the United States officially made The Star Spangled Banner the official national anthem of the country.efore this time, the United States had been without any national anthem. History of The Star Spangled Banner. The words of The Star Spangled Banner were first written on September 14, 1814 by Francis Scott Key as a poem titled, The Defence of Fort McHenry..