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

What a game! Tottenham Hotspur won their ninth match in their last 11 played on Sunday, riding a second half wave to four ...

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 ...

Using this classroom activity, students will be able to cite the origins and outcome of the War of 1812 and be able to place the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner in a chronological framework. The ...

Fresno State grad Joseph Ventress was one of 70 veterans on the 30th Central Valley Honor Flight to Washington, D.C.

15-stripe flag would fly over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. After the flag survived a British bombardment, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem “Defence of Fort McHenry,” which later ...

So here goes: I think that if there’s one thing most Americans can agree on it’s that the Star-Spangled Banner ... of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, glorify conflict and violence.

The Star-Spangled Banner," originally a poem ... The 106-mile scenic route through central Maryland retraces the War of 1812, which gave way to our national anthem. The Maryland route begins ...

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Image courtesy: loc.gov The War of 1812 was marked by a series of military defeats ... which inspired the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and Andrew Jackson’s triumph at the Battle of New ...

On March 3, 1931, the United States formalized “The Star-Spangled Banner” as its national anthem, a song written during a key moment of international conflict, the War of 1812. The anthem’s lyrics, ...