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Good American though you may be, here are some things you may not have known about our national anthem:

1. Songwriter-Francis Scott Key was a lawyer.

2. Original title of poem-”The Defense of Fort M`Henry.”

3. Music-adapted from an old drinking song.

4. Renamed ”The Star-Spangled Banner”-by a Baltimore music store.