A video showing thousands of students singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the atrium of a Louisville ... Music Educators Conference, Bullitt East High School Choir Director Carrie Ann Gary ...
Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.