1. The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key, 1814
Betsy Ross Flag - never an
official U.S. flag
First official U.S. flag
13 states

2. O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
1795 Flag - 15 states

3. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
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4. Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
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5. O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
1851 – 31 states

6. And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
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7. Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
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8. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
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9. O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
present - 50 states