#_Literature

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Fergie singing the National Anthem at the NBA All-Star Game.

It may be mean to laugh but I definitely did when I had just watched Whitney slamming those vocals at the Super Bowl XXV in 1991 in Tampa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lCmBvYMRs&ab_channel=CavBuffaloSoldier

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry",[2] a poem written on September 14, 1814, by 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner#References_in_film,_television,_literature