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An artists's rendering of the battle at Fort McHenry.
Percy Moran drew Francis Scott Key reaching out towards the flag in 1913.
This 1814 copy of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was the first printed edition to combine the words and sheet music. Copies such as these were sold from a catalog of Thomas Carr's Carr Music Store in Baltimore. Currently this is one of only ten copies known to exist, and is housed in the Library of Congress.
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