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Francis Scott Key wrote the poem, "The Defence of Fort McHenry", which he published in 1814. It has become known as "The Star Spangled Banner". Under this name, the song was adopted as the American national anthem, first by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and by Congress in 1931.

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