George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-SpangledBanner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem ...
His “Star-SpangledBanner” is a throwback to Puritan times ... Isabel Morse Jones wrote that Stravinsky “made the words and melody easier to sing — but duller to listen to.” ...