Today March 3rd 2001 is the 70th anniversary of the designation of the poem "The Star Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key on 14th September 1814 as being the American National Anthem by Act of Congress. Originally entitled "The Defence of Fort McHenry" it was set to a tune written by the English composer John Stafford Smith. Avid movie fans will recall Key was played by Donald Woods in the 1936 production "The Song of a Nation." Don't you just love history?