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Definition of: Star-Spangled Banner, The

1. The flag of the United States.
2. A poem written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the bombardment by the British of Fort McHenry, Md., and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States. The music to which it is sung is that of an old English drinking song. To Anacreon in Heaven.

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