It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

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 ...

But sometimes the unexpected happens. We stand and cringe because of the torturous execution of the song. Okay, the Star Spangled Banner is difficult to sing partly because it has somewhat of an ...

The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate ... Today, the flag stands as an enduring symbol of democracy. "If you look at how fragile the flag is ...

(Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Neil Young has shared a video of himself performing ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ on an electric guitar, urging viewers to “Stand For Peace”. The track was ...

When we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand There is some contention over the word usage here.

“The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue of Liberty and the Charters of Freedom,” said Brent D. Glass, the museum’s then-director, in 2007.