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

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch ... of asking you to send me a piece of blue,” he wrote in 1874 to Georgiana Armistead Appleton, the daughter ...

Fortunately for posterity, he did not call it Mrs. Pickersgill's flag, but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head ...

The Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail is a 560- mile-long land and water route which connects historic sites throughout Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The trail follows ...

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.