The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

When the series returned to Boston, Red Sox owner Harry Frazee ordered “The Star Spangled Banner” played to open each game, according to author Marc Ferris’ cultural history of the anthem.

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 ...

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4 (Craft and Structure): Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how ...

Enjoy Musician 1st Class Amy Broadbent's beautiful singing of The Star-Spangled Banner. The Star-Spangled Banner symbolizes ...

Veterans and observers participated in the event, which included the Pledge of Allegiance, a history of Veterans Day, 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 ...

For American Legion Post 148 in Mason, it was a big day for spreading American pride, and making a red, white, and blue ...

State Sen. Gerald Allen, R-Tuscaloosa, has pre-filed a bill proposing a constitutional amendment that would require Alabama public schools to broadcast The Star-Spangled Banner at least once a week ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers enter Tuesday night in with a dominant 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the World Series. But ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... and many of the kings in the history plays — use “slave ...