The Star-Spangled Banner (On My Own History)

September 14, 1814. The British attack Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. Francis Scott Key watches the fighting from the deck of a ship. Rockets flare and bombs burst all around him. Key writes down what he sees. When the fighting stops, Key peers through the dawn's early light. Who has won? Is the American flag still flying? this is the story of how Key's poem became our national anthem.