Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

Like so many famous songs of yore, "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.

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

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

1931. Oh, say can you see? The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes the national anthem of the United States. 1923. Henry Luce and Britain hadn't begin Publishing Time, America's first major ...

Wrestling fans in Canada booed the Star Spangled Banner at a WWE wrestling match on Saturday night — with commentator Pat McAfee calling Canada “terrible,” in a rant after the national diss.

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem, California NAACP urges” (sacbee.com, Nov. 7): The NAACP wants the Star Spangled Banner removed as our National Anthem because the ...

Canadian Major League Soccer fans booed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a match between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night. Fans added to the trend that has taken ...

A video showing thousands of students singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the atrium of a Louisville hotel is going viral. Singing the national anthem before curfew is an annual tradition for ...