I hit all the major archives in Washington D.C. I spent a number of years, though there was an intensive three months thanks to a Smithsonian Institution fellowship. When I was reading through your book, I was really impressed with the amount of detail you were able to find regarding “The Star-Spangled Banner.” How long did you spend researching it?
We spoke to Ferris about his exhaustive research, the origins of the song, little-known facts about the anthem and a whole lot more. To commemorate its bicentennial, historian Marc Ferris wrote the “ Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely History Of America’s National Anthem,” a comprehensive account of the song’s story. It’s been over two centuries since of the Battle of Baltimore and Francis Scott Key’s resulting poem, titled “The Defense of Fort M’Henry.” In the many years since its creation, that poem became popularized as “The Star-Spangled Banner” and is now enshrined as our national anthem.
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