This piece of sheet music bearing the words and music of "The Star Spangled Banner" will be auctioned on Dec. 3. In the 1800s, it was owned by Mary Barnitz of York County, Pa. Also of interest ...

The “Pariotic Song,” as the sheet music unfortunately misspells ... the original Francis Scott Key manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” alongside the tattered flag that inspired ...

A first edition of the U.S. national anthem sheet music ... The 1814 lyrics and music of The Star-Spangled Banner, the last of 11 total copies to be in private hands, will be sold later today ...

6. A fifth stanza was added to "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the Civil War. It’s little known today, but it appeared in songbooks and sheet music in 1861. It goes like this: When our land is ...

It didn’t get the name change to “The Star Spangled Banner” until it was printed as sheet music. 3. The song actually has four verses. The version sung at patriotic events and before ...