The National Anthem has been known by many names such as The Star Spangled Banner, Defense of Fort M'Henry, and it has recently been called racist. Francis Scott Key while he was aboard a British ship during the Battle of Baltimore. Nearly one hundred years after the War of 1812, President Woodrow Wilson signed an executive order designating The Star Spangled banner as the National Anthem. In 1931 Congress confirmed the decision. The lyrics are often forgotten, so many Americans would be discouraged to learn that there are more stanzas. The third stanza is now being criticized for the lines "No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave." Key is most likely referring to the Corps of Colonial
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave." Key is most likely referring to the Corps of Colonial