John Gruber and The Star Spangled Banner Part 4
The cover of Gruber-May's National Songster -1814 that first published
Francis Scott Key's famous poem as a song*:
The famous 1st verse of Francis Scott Key's poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry,
along with the little-known 2nd, 3rd, and 4th verses of the poem*:
* Images of John Gruber's National Songster, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1814, cover and pages 30-31 courtesy of The Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland
Francis Scott Key's famous poem as a song*:
The famous 1st verse of Francis Scott Key's poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry,
along with the little-known 2nd, 3rd, and 4th verses of the poem*:
* Images of John Gruber's National Songster, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1814, cover and pages 30-31 courtesy of The Washington County Historical Society, Hagerstown, Maryland
