Test your knowledge of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'! This quiz covers the U.S. National Anthem's history, composer Francis ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion of the ...

Truth is that Mr. Key, a lawyer by trade and a poet on the side, wrote a poem titled “The Defense of Fort McHenry.” This poem was written as the Royal Navy bombarded the fort on Sept. 14, 1814.

From Fort McHenry to New Orleans, the "Star Spangled Banner" has been around the block a few times. It was originally written by Francis Scott Key as "Defence of Fort M’Henry" at the Battle of ...

Leave it to Leslie Odom Jr. -- who played Aaron Burr in "Hamilton" -- to do his historical homework before singing the National Anthem at Yankee Stadium on Monday night.