“The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t actually adopted ... Key was a slave-owner with anti-abolitionist views, and in this verse he mentions slaves and their role in the battle – on both ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... anthem’s seldom-sung third verse, which gloats at the defeat ...

Some Americans call for replacement of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ with new national anthem Here is the complete version of The Star Spangled Banner. Usually, only the first verse gets ...

he put his joy into a verse published first as “Defence of Fort M’Henry” and then, set to the tune of a British drinking song, immortalized as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag itself ...

Nov. 7): The NAACP wants the Star Spangled Banner removed as our National Anthem because the author was a slave owner and the third stanza of the poem that is the basis for the Anthem is “racist”.