Lyrics:

1992
Writer: Francis Scott Key
on Sept. 14, 1814 during the War of 1812

Oh, say can you see,
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilight's last gleaming

Whose broad stripes and bright stars,
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched,
Were so gallantly streaming

And the rocket's red glare,
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there

Oh say, does that star-spangled
Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave