Still, “The Star-Spangled Banner” continued to gain in popularity over the decades and was backed by John Philip Sousa, who knew a thing or two about rousing music. It was officially made the ...

The result, says Jones, was that the Star-Spangled Banner became more like a tapestry, making it difficult for visitors to discern which parts were original to the flag. “What Fowler did was put in, ...

The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

Mangled lyrics and cracked voices aside, "The Star-Spangled Banner” -- written in Baltimore Sept. 14, 1814, as poem “Defense of Fort M'Henry,” by lawyer Francis Scott Key -- has been the ...

The Star-Spangled Banner has a sibling, and we have no idea where it is. In 1813, Mary Pickersgill, a Baltimore flagmaker, was commissioned to make two flags for Fort McHenry.

The Star-Spangled Banner, as it was known by then, became the national anthem in 1931, when a congressional bill was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

It’s Fergalicious fiction. Fergie is on the business end of some silly “Star Spangled Banner” shade thanks to a trending TikTok. The viral video, which has amassed over 4 million views ...

We're all familiar with Francis Scott Key’s "The Star-Spangled Banner," especially as a ritual opening at our county's favorite sporting events. To celebrate 200-year anniversary, Art Beat ...

Singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" to kick off the championship game between the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aguilera messed up the line, "O'er the ramparts we watched, ...

Deep within "The Star-Spangled Banner" is another famous phrase, one that many believe eventually was adopted as our national motto. "And this be our motto - 'In God is our trust,'" reads line 30.

Latin-R&B singer Nezza made a stand at Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, even though she said she had been warned not to, going into the ...