Star-Spangled Banner anniversary
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On Sept. 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that would become "The Star-Spangled Banner." It became our national anthem in 1931.
Human U.S. flag
- David Sanders / Arizona Daily Star
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Overall of a human made US flag at TEP Park, containing some 15,000 Tucsonans in support of NYC and Washington D.C. after terrorists attacked Sept. 11, 2001. Photo taken Sept. 15, 2001.
The flag that was flown over Fort McHenry in 1814
- KEN CEDENO / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 1998
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has the flag that flew before and after the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key.
Star Spangled Banner
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History exhibits the flag that flew before and after the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key.
Vanished flag from famous 9/11 photo returns to ground zero
- Bebeto Matthews
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Shirley Dreifus, the original owner of the American flag, left, that firefighters hoisted at ground zero in the hours after the 9/11 terror attacks, speaks during an interview at the Sept. 11 museum, Thursday Sept. 8, 2016, in New York. After disappearing for more than a decade, the 3-foot-by-5-foot flag goes on display Thursday at the museum. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
USS Hornet
- Jeff Chiu / AP 2011
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This July 4, 2011, file photo shows a large American flag hangs from the flight deck of the USS Hornet during Fourth of July festivities in Alameda, Calif.
Fourth of July
- Scott Mccloskey
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In this photo taken July 2, 2011, Ed Lawrence, a firefighter in Wheeling, helps hang a giant 40 foot long American Flag from two ladder trucks during an "Honor Our Troops" event in Wheeling, W.Va., as part of a 4th of July weekend celebration honoring the U.S. military troops. The event was sponsored by Boatsie's Boxes, a non-profit agency that supports the troops year round, and Cabela's. (AP Photo/The Wheeling News Register & The Intelligencer, Scott McCloskey)
First walk on the moon
- NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
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Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong were the first men to walk on the lunar surface with temperatures ranging from 243 degrees above to 279 degrees below zero. Astronaut Michael Collins flew the command module. The trio was launched to the moon by a Saturn V launch vehicle at 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16, 1969. They departed the moon July 21, 1969. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Memorial Day
- Mel Evans
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Rows of U.S. flags frame the moon above the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Wrightstown, N.J., Sunday, May 26, 2013. On Friday, Boy Scouts placed thousands of flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Memorial Day
- Carolyn Kaster
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Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, N.C., dressed as a Marine, works to place a flag in front of his father's gravestone on Memorial Day in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016. Christian's father Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs died in a training accident in 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Flags
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
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Hundreds of flags on the graves of veterans at Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery fly in the breeze last month in preparation for Memorial Day Ceremonies. Flag Day commemorates the approval of a national flag by the Continental Congress in 1777.
Daily Star Best of 2014
- Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
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United States Marine Corps Sgt. Oliver Hand readies the U.S. flag as he and the members of the Bulk Fuel Company Alpha color guard prepare to present the colors for the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service, Monday, May 26, 2014, Tucson, Ariz. Several hundred attended the ceremonies that included members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American War Veterans and their auxiliaries and other veterans organizations, music from the Sons of Orpheus, the release of doves, the traditional rifle salute and laying of wreaths. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
'The Defense of Fort McHenry' by Francis Scott Key
- Background photo illustration by Chiara Bautista / Arizona Daily Star
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Complete version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," originally titled "The Defense of Fort McHenry," showing spelling and punctuation from Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
Vanished flag from famous 9/11 photo returns to ground zero
- Bebeto Matthews
Shirley Dreifus, the original owner of the American flag, left, that firefighters hoisted at ground zero in the hours after the 9/11 terror attacks, speaks during an interview at the Sept. 11 museum, Thursday Sept. 8, 2016, in New York. After disappearing for more than a decade, the 3-foot-by-5-foot flag goes on display Thursday at the museum. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Fourth of July
- Scott Mccloskey
In this photo taken July 2, 2011, Ed Lawrence, a firefighter in Wheeling, helps hang a giant 40 foot long American Flag from two ladder trucks during an "Honor Our Troops" event in Wheeling, W.Va., as part of a 4th of July weekend celebration honoring the U.S. military troops. The event was sponsored by Boatsie's Boxes, a non-profit agency that supports the troops year round, and Cabela's. (AP Photo/The Wheeling News Register & The Intelligencer, Scott McCloskey)
First walk on the moon
- NEIL A. ARMSTRONG
Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Aldrin and fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong were the first men to walk on the lunar surface with temperatures ranging from 243 degrees above to 279 degrees below zero. Astronaut Michael Collins flew the command module. The trio was launched to the moon by a Saturn V launch vehicle at 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16, 1969. They departed the moon July 21, 1969. (AP Photo/NASA/Neil A. Armstrong)
Memorial Day
- Mel Evans
Rows of U.S. flags frame the moon above the Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, in Wrightstown, N.J., Sunday, May 26, 2013. On Friday, Boy Scouts placed thousands of flags on veterans' graves for Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Memorial Day
- Carolyn Kaster
Christian Jacobs, 5, of Hertford, N.C., dressed as a Marine, works to place a flag in front of his father's gravestone on Memorial Day in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 30, 2016. Christian's father Marine Sgt. Christopher James Jacobs died in a training accident in 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Flags
- Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Hundreds of flags on the graves of veterans at Evergreen Mortuary & Cemetery fly in the breeze last month in preparation for Memorial Day Ceremonies. Flag Day commemorates the approval of a national flag by the Continental Congress in 1777.
Daily Star Best of 2014
- Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
United States Marine Corps Sgt. Oliver Hand readies the U.S. flag as he and the members of the Bulk Fuel Company Alpha color guard prepare to present the colors for the East Lawn Palms Cemetery Memorial Day Service, Monday, May 26, 2014, Tucson, Ariz. Several hundred attended the ceremonies that included members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, Disabled American War Veterans and their auxiliaries and other veterans organizations, music from the Sons of Orpheus, the release of doves, the traditional rifle salute and laying of wreaths. Photo by Kelly Presnell / Arizona Daily Star
'The Defense of Fort McHenry' by Francis Scott Key
- Background photo illustration by Chiara Bautista / Arizona Daily Star
Complete version of "The Star-Spangled Banner," originally titled "The Defense of Fort McHenry," showing spelling and punctuation from Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
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