It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

That November, Thomas Carr of Baltimore united lyrics and song in sheet music, under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner: A Patriotic Song." Key's timing could not have been better. Washington was ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... in which a statue of Francis Scott Key, the Maryland lawyer who ...

This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem, later to become America’s national anthem.

“The Star Spangled Banner ... Francis Scott Key may have immortalized this unspoken sentiment in his poem as he watched his country’s spangled banner fly over the bombarded Fort McHenry ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t actually adopted ... that one sees in any recitation of the lyrics. On the night of September 13, 1814, Key witnessed part of the Battle of Baltimore ...