1. a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
The Star-Spangled Banner
n 1: a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812
was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the
national anthem of the United States