What is the star spangled about?

Answer 1

The song, originally a poem written by Francis Scott Key, is about the aftermath of a battle in Baltimore during the war of 1812. Francis Scott Key boarded a british warship, which was part of a fleet about to attack a fort guarding the Port of Baltimore, to secure the release of a friend of his, a civilian doctor, who was being held by the british. While the british agreed to release his friend, they held Key and his friend until after the battle was over, so that they could not give away details of the attack beforehand. As Key stood on the deck of the British ship, he looked for any sign or whether the british attack had taken the fort or if the Americans still held it. As the dawn broke, he could see the fort in the growing light, and the US flag still flying over the fort.