The Star-Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key, 1814

Betsy Ross Flag - never anofficial U.S. flag

First official U.S. flag - 177713 states

O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,

1795 Flag - 15 states

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,

1822 - 24 states

Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,

1837 - 26 states

O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

1851 – 31 states

And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

1877 - 38 states

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;

1896 - 45 states

O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave

1912 - 48 states

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

1959 - present - 50 states