But how much do you really know about our national anthem? Let’s take a line-by ... And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, The third verse is probably the most historically problematic ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem ... Exhibit A in critics’ account is the anthem’s seldom-sung third verse, which gloats at the defeat of the ...

People started to propose it as the official national anthem. But it had competition ... On some occasions, the fourth verse gets tacked on. The second and third stanzas? Well, some people ...