The quote from the “Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem, serves as a reminder of the resilience and determination of our forefathers. The blue striped background represents the American ...

(Karl Merton Ferron/Staff) Nina Zunt of Sparrows Point shows photos with with Zoey Zunt, 8 during the Star-Spangled Spectacular, a concert with fireworks hosted by the BSO, Baltimore Symphony ...

Editor’s Note: Flashback Photos is part of a subscriber series ... lights up every year for the Fourth of July, thanks to Star Spangled Springfield. The annual event has been going on since ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! University of Michigan musicology and American culture professor Mark Clague talked about the history of The Star-Spangled Banner and how he ...

The Star Spangled Classic was held at Southeast Clarke Park on Saturday, June 29, 2024. The event had a stage, where the Original Splitz band performed, food vendors and attractions and a firework ...

The rousing Star-Spangled Banner is arguably the US's best ... across the Atlantic and become well-known in the US. Getty Images By Dawn's Early Light by Edward Moran depicts the moment Francis ...

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

Key saw it and wrote a poem that became the national anthem. The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the ...