It’s a song every American has ... 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 ...

Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of 1812. The words describe a battle. With a ...

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 ... who wrote the words to the song during the War of 1812, was defaced ...

set to the tune of a British drinking song, immortalized as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag itself, enshrined since 2008 in a special chamber at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... and based on the tune of an 18th century drinking song. Rather than address these true, patently false, and half-true claims ...

The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the Smithsonian's ...

Fans at the Men’s NCAA National Championship game heard a stunning rendition of the National Anthem while fans at home were ...

The Grammy winner performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the Caesars Superdome ... Trump give a salute from his box midway ...