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.

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 ...

Fox NFL Sunday’ co-host Jay Glazer defends Michael Strahan after he placed his hands at his side during the ‘Star-Spangled ...

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 ...

One of the greatest pass rushers in NFL history appears to be taking a pass himself when it comes to directly addressing a ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially adopted as the ... Notoriously difficult to perform, the song has a history of both ...

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

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 ...

Some analysts say polls show the closest presidential race in modern U.S. history, and House control is on a knife’s edge, too. The strike, which started in mid-September, shut down production ...

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 ...