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ALL meanings of the star-spangled banner

Stars and Stripes
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  • noun the star-spangled banner Stars and Stripes. 1
  • noun the star-spangled banner (italics) the national anthem of the United States of America, based on a poem written by Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, and set by him to the melody of the English song To Anacreon in Heaven: officially adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1931. 1
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