200th anniversary of the starspangled banner with speeches and a variety of performances. The program ends with the simultaneous singing of the National Anthem. This event is about an hour and a half. How is everybody doing today . Pretty good. I want to welcome you all to my name is xavier. Today, we are celebrating our national and International Flag day singalong for the 200th anniversary of our starspangled banner. [applause] years ago this00 year, Francis Scott key wrote the words to a poem in the defense of fort mchenry and set it to a british tune. Together, they form our National Anthem, the starspangled banner. Here we explore americas history through collections, research, and public outreach. We help people understand the past to better make sense of the present and to shape a more humane future. We are hoping that our program will be able to do much of that by bringing the nation together around our National Anthem. By the way, we are not just bringing to the people togethe