“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... Just as we could not fault Key’s uncertainty in the outcome of the battle at Fort McHenry, we cannot fault our modern brothers ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812. The stanzas recount the Battle of ...

Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of 1812. The words describe a battle. With a ...

During the 25-hour battle, says historian Sheads ... but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head, a popular English ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... In Robert Burns’s battle poem “Scots Wha Hae,” written in ...

Do you get tears in your eyes when you sing the Star-Spangled Banner? Or pledge Allegiance? I noticed at public events people sometimes talk to each other or just wander ...

There were a smattering of boos for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” although it was more tame than during the national anthem at ...