so was francis scott key's only only uncle. phillip barton key has more nfluence on scott than his father did. they're schooled at home. ohn ross key was served in the continental army in the revolution. loyalist.r became a he joined the british army. he fought in florida, got captured along with everybody else. went -- he'd never been to england. he went to england after the war. he got tired of life in england and came back to the united states. that, loyalists who came back especially from england, especially those who fought against us, they weren't and feathered, but most of them didn't get a good welcome. barton key did. owner.me a big property he became rich. st. john's ank to college in annapolis. it's still there. offers classical education. we mean greek and latin. e studied greek and latin, he graduated in 1796, he read the his uncle.polis with fellow youngof his lawyers there was a man named tau brook tau nooe, roger nooe who later became chief states. of the united frank went back to frederick where he hung out at s

so was francis scott key's uncle . philip barton key turns out to have more influence on frank than his father did. they schooled him at home. let me tell you about philip barton key. john ross key served in the continental army in the revolution. his brother became a loyalist. not only was he a loyalist, he anded the british army fought against us. he wound up fighting in florida. he got captured along with everybody else. england -- back to he had never been to england, but he went to england after the war and got tired of life in england and came back to the united date. i think you probably know that loyalist who came back, especially from england, especially for those who fought against us -- they were not tarred and feathered, but most of them did not exactly get a good welcome. --l, philip argan key did philip barton key did. he became a big lawyer in annapolis maryland. he became rich. -- they sent frank to st. john's college in annapolis. you all know about st. john's. it is still there. it's a small liberal ar

we talk about francis scott key. we have a copy of the manuscript. we talk about how key's anthem or his song became popular in the 19th century as a song of -- became very popular during the civil war and again during the early 1900s, but was not made our national anthem until 1931. you can see a lot of graphics about how the national anthem is something everyone is familiar with. all americans are familiar with it. most people in the world are familiar with america's flag as a symbol, as well as our national anthem. at the end, we talk about the legacy of the star-spangled banner, and how not only is the flag a national treasure, but our song is very important to us as americans. how it has become one of the most significant symbols in american history. what people don't always understand is that the flag that they salute today came, what its origins were and why when we salute that flag and we sing our national anthem, those two have come together in history during the war of 1812. so hopefully when you come to visit the smithsonian or come to see

[applause] years ago this00 year, francis scott key wrote the words to a poem in the defense of fort mchenry and set it to a british tune. together, they form our national anthem, "the star-spangled banner." here we explore america's history through collections, research, and public outreach. we help people understand the past to better make sense of the present and to shape a more humane future. we are hoping that our program will be able to do much of that by bringing the nation together around our national anthem. by the way, we are not just bringing to the -- people together here on the national mall but also all over our country and world. i would like to send a special welcome to our streaming audience who is watching us via youtube and espn three. -- espn 3. it is very appropriate that our opening conductor is well known for bringing together singers from all over the world with his infamous and very well-done virtual choir project. i would like you all to join me in thanking grammy-winning composer mr. eric whitaker. [applause] also, let me introduce you all to today's choir.

that's right. 200 years ago this year francis scott key wrote the words to a poem, the defense of ft. mchenry, and set it to a british tune, and together they form our national anthem, the star-spangled banner. here at the national museum of american history, we explore america's history through collections, research and public outreach. we help people understand the past to better make sense of the present and to shape a more humane future. we're hoping that our program will be able to do much of that by bringing the nation together around our national anthem. by the way, we're not just bringing people together here in washington, d.c., on the national mall, but also all over our country and indeed world. i'd like to send a special welcome to our streaming audience who is watching us via youtube stream and cspan3. speaking of bringing people together, it's very appropriate our opening conductor is well known bringing together singers with his infamous and well done virtual choir projects. i'd like you all to join me in thanking grammy winning composer mr. eric whitaker. also, let me

[applause] that's right. 200 years ago this year, francis scott key wrote the words to a poem to defense of forth mchenry and set it to a british tune and together, they formed our national anthem, "the star spangled banner." here, we explore america's history through collections, research, and public outreach. we help people understand the past, to and to shape a more humane future. and we are hoping our program will be able to do all of that by bringing the nation together. we are not just bringing people together here in washington, d.c. on the national mall, but also all over our country and indeed, world. i'd like to send a special welcome to our streaming audience who is watching us via youtube ustream and welcome espn, welcome all of you. it is very important that our conductors are well-known for bringing along singers from all over the world with his virtual choir projects. i would like you all to join me in thanking mr. eric whitaker. [applause] also, let me introduce you all to today's choir. these guys are great and i had a lot of fun with them earlier today at rehearsal. the

francis scott key, a successful lawyer in the new national capital was also a gentleman.spangled banner without a month. the humble mr. key had a simple explanation for his achievement. in that hour of deliverance and joyful triumph the heart spoke. does not such a country and such defenders of their country deserve a song? that song, forever identified with the giant flag that inspired it, remained popular, especially during public ceremonies. and in 1931, more than a century after the war that inspired it, president herbert hoover signed the bill that made it our national anthem. and today we are celebrating the winding 200-year journey that has brought a tiny piece of paper and giant flag together for the very first time. we celebrate the families of the 1814 defenders that saved these precious icons in their baltimore homes throughout the 19th century. the flag was displayed, hanging on buildings. pieces were snipped off and shared with honored guests. the manuscript was displayed in a baltimore parlor. they have conserved, displayed and interpreted flag and documents

. >> a lawyer who argued more than 100 cases before the supreme was , francis scott key originally opposed to declaring war against england in 1812. "american history tv," leepson, the author of what so proudly we hailed request: francis scott key, the life." the national archives hosted this event. [ captioning performed by the national captioning institute ] captioning coppery right national cable satellite corp., 2014 ]

. >> a lawyer who argued more than 100 cases before the supreme court, francis scott key was originally opposed to declaring war on england. next, marc leepson, arthur of -- author of "what so proudly we hailed: francis scott key, a life" discusses the life of the author of the "star-spangled banner." >> the 200th anniversary of the bombardment of baltimore's fort mchenry will soon be upon us.

star-spangled banner" we all sing commemorates and the centerpiece of all of this, of course, the francis scott key manuscript which we are fortunate enough to be the home of. this is francis scott key's original draft of the star-spangled banner. it is truly a treasure. this is pat anderson. and i've been here at the historical center in one capacity or another for 25 years. >> it's open for ten minutes at the top of the hour, 11:00 to 3:00. so it's less than an hour's worth of light a day. it's suspended in argon, and argon being an inert gas, there's less chance of oxidation and that is recommended best practices these days for taking care of these documents. what key did when he witnessed the battle for baltimore and he witnessed the flag, by the dawn's early light and the sun started to come up and he was so inspired and grateful that baltimore held the fort and he started to make notes on a piece of paper and when he was able to get off the ship we think it was the indian queen hotel and drafted this song, and he had no idea when he wrote it that it would become such an important national sym

just after this, francis scott key wrote the national anthem.or florida, many of them maps earlyhen spain showed boundary lines. the treaty of 1819, which spain ceded the east and west floridas to the states. of westernketches scenes made by an artist who served with the army engineers during the survey of the great basin in 1859. these are some of the showpieces of the national archives. visitors find them of special interest. showpieces are only a small fraction of the buildings content. in its 196 windowless air conditioned stack areas, are housed nearly 800,000 cubic feet of valuable federal records. in these areas are kept 1001 kinds of reports, correspondence, journals, maps, papers, legislating papers, and the like would have been chosen for preservation from the great mass of records created in the course of government business since the birth of the republic. these records are the nations are needed to protect the interest of the government and the rights and privileges of its citizens. before records are placed in the stack areas, they

it was a wonderful job. >> i've always heard that the original music for francis scott key's lyrics wase? >> i'm going to jump right here and say please go to star spangled banner, star spangled dog -- org and read this wonderful essay. it is not a bar or drichinging song. clubs that got together on both sides of the atlantic to sing and have a lively discussion of the arts in reading, speaking and sort. of course there were lie brags bsh libations song. >> it's a bar song. >> it is not a bar song. the point of all these mutations of text, there's songs been abolitions. the history of the star spangled banner is quite a history or quite a narration of our own history, the very real issues that any generation have preoccupied this. the other thing that people don't realize is that very often in the early days especially you would have changes of text, but you would have a constant tune. this tune comes from 1790s or 1780s and the tune or ode it started, something -- i don't know. celebrating -- >> i have a great idea since it's going fob for the fourth of july soon. i want you to sing yo

in a park across the street from building 5 and looking at the podium that is accident south francis scott keyodium that captures all the light and allows us at the lower areas we have unit we wanted to avoid any sort blank walls pedestrian wise so incorporated unit and each one has their own private open space we've made assessable they can have the tea and it has a railing you can see there's some trumpet vines it has to be you purple >> and okay. fine it is. not inspiration originally for this design we wanted something simple from the inside >> surprising on the outside i don't know but goez comes to mind the outside is simple. we liked the idea you're walking along and all of a sudden there's a surprise your eye sees the vines and you see this color and people having fun up there hopefully. so speaking of landscape this is

. >> the search is on tonight for a missing boater near the francis scott key bridge in baltimore. a boat belonging to a 43-year-old washed ashore at stowe's point. they say that the man and a woman from annapolis were boating yesterday morning. the woman's body was found near sandy creek. >> some high-ranking public figures are weighing in on the nameington redskins' debate. one of them is attorney general eric holder. >> i think the name ought to be changed. i think it is an offensive name. for ther had praise redskins organization and said they could increase their fan base if they were to change the name. a federal judge who was hearing a case pertaining to the nfl has told lawyers not to use the name redskins in his courtroom. >> a possible disappointing big low for apple fans. >> the much-anticipated apple products that could be delayed into next year. >> big changes on the way to a deadly stretch of road near the university of maryland. >> people who crossed the >> safety upgrades are coming to a dangerous stretch of route one near the university of maryland. the speed limit

>> it was began as a poem by francis scott key over the stars and stripes still flying over fort mchenry today it's proudly displayed at the smithsonian in washington. the words were set to music, ironically inspired by a british becamia nan anth more recently than you probably think -- in 1931. ♪ andom brave >> reporter: it's now as universal as "happy birthday." this year, marking its own 200th anniversary. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >> happy birthday, america. that is our broadcast on our friday night. thank you for being with us. i'm kate snow. lester holt will be with you this weekend. we leave you with some of boston's fireworks moved up to last night because of the storm. from all of us here at nbc news, have a great fourth. ♪ >>> jessica simpson hours from getting married. all the last minute secrets now on "extra"! >>> countdown to jessica's fourth of july weekend wedding fireworks. extra is in san ysidro. >> who is walking jessica down the aisle and will her two kids have a role in the ceremony. >>> bradley cooper and his girlfriend in london. >>> international couples news.

the song began as a poem written in 1814 by francis scott key, inspired by seeing the stars and stripesover baltimore's fort mchenry after a victory against the british in the war of 1812. that very flag, now restored but fragile, is today so proudly displayed at the smithsonian in washington. the words were eventually set to music, borrowed ironically from a popular british number. ♪ that our flag was still there ♪ >> reporter: notoriously hard to sing, the song became the official national anthem more recently than you probably think -- in 1931. ♪ and the home of the brave >> reporter: it's now as universal as "happy birthday." this year, marking its own 200th anniversary. ron mott, nbc news, chicago. >> happy birthday, america. that is our broadcast on a friday night. thank you for being with us. i'm kate snow. lester holt will be with you this weekend. we leave you with some of boston's fireworks moved up to last night because of the storm. from all of us at nbc news, have a great fourth. ♪ o'er the land of the free ♪ and the home of the brave >>> nbc bay area news starts now. >>> r

his body was found near the francis scott key bridge.nvestigators have not determined a cause of death for either person. >> we turn to our storm watch coverage and we're not the only ones experiencing storms. people in other parts of the east coast and even colorado bracing for more bad weather. as marci gonzalez reports, for many of them it's day deja vu after yesterday's storms. >> another stormy evening for much of the east coast. still cleaning up and drying out. from yesterday's severe weather. >> people's roofs are gone. >> torrential downpours stranding drivers in parts of new jersey. >> there were waves hitting us. >> those storms bringing lightning, striking the freedom tower the library of congress in d.c. and hitting a teenager in philadelphia who is recovering today. more storms farther west in ohio, a family's car hydroplaning and then flipping. the man and his daughter inside escaping and holding onto a true until they were rescued while his wife was carried four miles by the flash flood before she was saved. >> pretty hap

it was named for francis scott key. he wrote the lyrics to "the star-spangled banner." of course, the fourth of july is this friday. but he penned the poem during the war of 1812 overlooking ft. mchenry in baltimore harbor. recent history has not been so kind to our current president, who called an all-hands cabinet meeting today, and who also held a hastily put together rose garden event during our hour on yesterday, monday, where he hammered house republicans for stalling on immigration reform. but he wasn't done there. >> congress chooses to do nothing. the failure of house republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security. it's bad for our economy. and it's bad for our future. while i will continue to push house republicans to drop the excuses and act, the only thing i can't do is stand by and do nothing while waiting for them to get their act together. if house republicans are really concerned about me taking too many executive actions, the best solution to that is passing bills. >> just an hour later, the president tried to regain control of the va system cr

also, a new book is coming out on francis scott key, author of the star-spangled banner. we celebrate his 200th anniversary this year. here are some key facts from the book about francis scott key. he would become a member of the nation's first kitchen cap, serving as an unofficial advisor to andrew jackson. he was a prosecutor in the first case of an attempted presidential assassin. he had 11 children. his sister married roger tammy, later supreme court justice. inducted into the american songwriters hall of 6 years after he wrote his one big hit. what does it mean to be an american? as,ter in wayco, tex republican line. caller: i am proud to be an american, basically, how america used to be. i am still proud to be an american. america was for america in the past. now i am not sure who america is for. there is a strong influence of communism. i don't know what else to call it. this is been going on for a while. is majority of the media extremely left-wing. i don't understand how they believe what they believe. it does not make sense to me. you see this with your eyes. i d

it was named for francis scott key. he wrote the lyrics to "the star-spangled banner."f course, the fourth of july is this friday. but he penned the poem during the war of 1812 overlooking ft. mchenry in baltimore harbor. recent history has not been so kind to our current president, who called an all-hands cabinet meeting today, and who also held a hastily put together rose garden event during our hour on yesterday, monday, where he

still there at 200, francis scott keys ode brings pride and tears. in an interview we'll be airing this weekend on c-span 2's book tv at 7:00 eastern time saturday evening and sunday morning 9:15 eastern time, among the topics in our conversation, the issues this morning, relations between the president and congress, is it broken? is there gridlock in washington that can be repaired? here's a portion of the interview with former first lady hillary clinton on her book, "hard choices." [audio clip] >> there are candidates and elected officials who proudly say they'll never compromise because after all, they have the truth. i have a person of faith but i don't think any human being has the truth. they act as though they have a direct channel to the divine or to some other source of direction. and that is just contrary to how democracies work. so, first, citizens should not be endorsing those kinds of views. you can be very conservative, but you know that in a democracy in the give and take of a legislative process, no person is going to get everything h

speaker house boehner's non-materialized threat to sue him when he says in that exchange at the francis scott keyy 4th. i'm going to do these things, and if you don't like it, so sue me. >> we'll give you a poll here. a lot of polls will be used fleeting and passing. this one is largely meaningless except it does give you a window into the american people's sentiment. who is the worst president since world war ii? quinnipiac decided to ask this question. one-third say president obama is the worst president since world war ii and predecessor, 28% george w. bush, richard nixon and jimmy carter. margaret, not the company you want to be in. again, i suspect in four or six years this will change again because it's the two most recent presidents at the top. people remember them and their partisan opinions and polarizing america jumped out. does it mean anything? >> you think about if our president obama and you're up against that where nixon is like fabulous compared to how you're doing and you don't want that to be how it goes down. really is sort of struggling how to take the long view without lettin

scott mcgrew. new morning a key artery in loren county reopened for the first time for rush hour. crews working through the night repaving sir francis drake boulevard near san quinnton state prison. investigators say yesterday a big rig driver lost control, crashed, the truck carrying 1700 gallons full of fuel spilled across the road. nobody hurt. chp closed both directions of the road at 7:00 a.m. yesterday and finally cleared the scene just before 2:30 this morning. >>> there is a little bit of moisture out there, but we are in a severe drought, and wasting water could soon cost you at least $500. in just a few hours, the state is set to vote on handing out fines rather to people who do not conserve. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us now from santa clara county valley water district. when could those fines be issued? >> reporter: we could see it go into effect immediately if the board agreeings to pass that -- agrees to pass that regulation. not just $500, but $500 a day, that's a lot of money, but they are trying to send a serious message. the state water board will vote today on whether or not to pass that, those regula