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The first Flag Act, adopted on June 14, 1777, created the original United States flag of thirteen stars and thirteen stripes. The Star-Spangled Banner has fifteen stars and fifteen stripes as provided for in the second Flag Act approved by Congress on January 13, 1794. The additional stars and stripes represent Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792) joining the Union.
On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes Americaâs national anthem, âThe Star-Spangled Banner.â The poem, originally titled âThe Defence of Fort McHenry,â was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812.