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9 Things You May Not Know About “The Star-Spangled Banner”
BY CHRISTOPHER KLEIN // SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
... 4. The song was not originally entitled “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
When Key scrawled his lyrics on the back of a letter he pulled from his pocket on the morning of September 14, he did not give them any title; within a week, Key’s verses were printed on broadsides and in Baltimore newspapers under the title “Defence of Fort M’Henry” ...
http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-star-spangled-banner
Key's handwritten draft
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9 Things You May Not Know About “The Star-Spangled Banner”
BY CHRISTOPHER KLEIN // SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
... 4. The song was not originally entitled “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
When Key scrawled his lyrics on the back of a letter he pulled from his pocket on the morning of September 14, he did not give them any title; within a week, Key’s verses were printed on broadsides and in Baltimore newspapers under the title “Defence of Fort M’Henry” ...
http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-star-spangled-banner
Key's handwritten draft
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