110622WE887-008 WASHINGTON (June 22, 2011) Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus, 2nd from right, and Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, left, speak with attendees at a ceremony announcing a partnership between the Navy and Operation Sail for the bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812 and the writing of the “Star Spangled Banner” at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. The museum houses the Star Spangled Banner, the actual flag that inspired Francis Scott Key during the battle of Baltimore in 1814. Navy

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