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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.
The words to the poem were put to music at a later time (a British drinking tune). The song was popular, but did not become the U.S. National Anthem until 1931; Congress passed the bill naming The Star Spangled Banner as the U.S. National Anthem, and President Herbert Hoover signed it into Law.ttp://americanhistory.si.edu/starspangl... âThe Star-Spangled Bannerâ was officially made the national anthem by Congress in 1931, although it already had been adopted as such by the army and the navy.