Star-Spangled City

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Star-Spangled City

Editor’s note: In honor of America’s 250th birthday, Earth Observatory is revisiting stories about the landscapes that helped shape U.S. history. The images and text on this page were originally published on September 14, 2014. Explore the full collection here. The song is familiar to every American, but the moment and place where it was composed are less so. On April 24,…