The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key, 1814 Betsy Ross Flag - never an official U.S. flag First official U.S. flag states
O say, can you see, by the dawns early light, 1795 Flag - 15 states
What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming, states
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, states
Oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? 1851 – 31 states
And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, states
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; states
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave states
Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave? present - 50 states