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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner. During the War of 1812, Key was on a British ship seeking ...

On Sept. 13, 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled ...

According to the Smithsonian Institution, which boasts among its many historical treasures that original star-spangled banner ... who pointed out that the words would fit perfectly to the tune ...

However, there is one person that opted to take a big risk with his version of the national anthem. James Earl Jones. Revisit the moment.

Clay Walker is a regular singer of the national anthem before both Texans and Astros games, but he repeated a line in his ...

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem ...

saying they wanted to distance themselves from “Dixie,” a word closely associated with the pre-Civil War South and slavery. While social media users weren’t too impressed with Thursday night ...

However, their performance of the Star-Spangled Banner was almost universally slammed, even by fans of the band formerly known as 'The Dixie Chicks' before dropping the d-word in 2020. David ...

Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious January 6 rioter are at the center of a new mythology on the right. They ...

Coco Jones, a singer-songwriter and actress signed to Def Jam Records, will sing the national anthem before Ravens-Chiefs.

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 ...