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

Its third verse ... word ‘slave,’ but it may not have referred to chattel slavery in the South. By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled ...

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”.