Enjoy a little red, white, and blue from across the Smithsonian. Visit the O Say Can You See blog for pointers on U.S. Flag Code, or learn more about the Star-Spangled Banner at the Smithsonian's ...

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4 (Craft and Structure): Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how ...

Just how big is the Star-Spangled Banner? In this classroom activity, students will visualize the area of the famous flag by measuring pieces of string and attaching them to create an outline of the ...

Re-enactors relive the Battle of Baltimore and celebrate the flag that inspired our national anthem (Ryan R. Reed). Read more at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com ...

They didn’t know until they saw the flag that we’d won, so this is the genesis of the poem. O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

And we discover the work of the women behind another of America's most famous flags: the Star Spangled Banner. Sidedoor is a production of the Smithsonian Institutuion. More than 155 million ...