It’s a song every American has heard ... 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 ...

Betsy Wolfe was tapped to sing the national anthem before the New York Yankees' opening-day game but a quirk in her ...

That November, Thomas Carr of Baltimore united lyrics and song in sheet music, under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner: A Patriotic Song." Key's timing could not have been better. Washington was ...

The song became extremely popular, especially after the somewhat ho-hum original title was changed to The Star Spangled Banner ... misinterpretation of the lyrics. There’s a lot of argument ...

I’m proud to report that after digging deep into my internet bookmarks and media sports contacts, I managed to claw out the names of 10 of 11 national anthem performers from the 1975 and 1976 ...

The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes ... The Associated Press The lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The song became recognized for official use by the US Navy in 1888 ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... who wrote the words to the song during the War of 1812, was defaced ...

Betsy Wolfe drew heavy criticism online after some fans noticed that she was reading the lyrics from her phone as she was ...