The Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the U.S. national anthem, hangs in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Key saw the flag flying over Fort McHenry in Baltimore while he was held prisoner by the British during the War of 1812. The flag, which is 50 feet (15 meters) long, covers an entire wall.
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