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 ...

Spangled Banner" by a Broadway actress ahead of the New York Yankees' Opening Day game versus the Milwaukee Brewers proved divisive among viewers on social media ...

Betsy Wolfe, a Broadway actress and singer, was tapped to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game ... the California native was reading the lyrics off of her phone. The "Juliet" star ...

Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...