The poem mentions that the flag flew “through the perilous fight,” but that’s not entirely true.
There Were Two Flags Raised at the Battle of Baltimore. But, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor to kick off World War II, President Roosevelt had the flag and other national treasures moved from the National Mall to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia for safekeeping. The actual flag that the poem was based on first came to the Smithsonian Museum in the National Mall in 1907. The Flag was Hidden During World War II. The subtitle of the song was supposed to read “A Patriotic Song,” but it wound up being printed as “A Pariotic Song.” There are about a dozen copies of the original printing left today. When sheet music for the Star-Spangled Banner was printed for the first time in 1814, the original printing featured a glaring misspelling. The Original Sheet Music Featured a Spelling Mistake. Francis Scott Key was a poet, not a musician, so the words he wrote were originally in the form of a poem which was to be titled Defense of Fort McHenry. 
It was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th century men’s social club in London.
The melody is actually based on an old English drinking song called To Anacreon in Heav’n. But, the United States didn’t have an officially declared anthem until a congressional resolution, signed by President Herbert Hoover, until “The Star Spangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States of America on March 3rd, 1931. “Hail Columbia” and “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” held honorary places as patriotic songs. 117 years passed after Key penned “Defence of Fort M’Henry” before it became the national anthem of the United States of America. William Beanes and wrote the poem when he realized the next morning that the Americans had won the battle and their flag was still flying. He agreed to stay aboard the ship as part of the condition of release of Dr. Francis Scott Key was aboard a British ship until the end of the bombardment of Fort McHenry. 
William Beanes, who had been captured by the British.
Francis Scott Key wrote the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry” while on a mission to make a prisoner exchange for Dr.
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