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

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But the song wasn’t actually adopted as the national anthem until 1931. “‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Is Now Official Anthem,” wrote The Wahsington Post: President Herbert Hoover yesterday ...

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 ...

The first documented performance of the song at a baseball game was during the 1918 World Series. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially adopted as the national anthem by President Herbert ...

Kathy Babers sings "The Star Spangled Banner" with Speaker Mike Johnson and others at the 2025 Community Awards Ceremony for Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District Wednesday at BPCC.

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 in ruins ...

Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of 1812. The words describe a battle. With a ...

set to the tune of a British drinking song, immortalized as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag itself, enshrined since 2008 in a special chamber at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of ...

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.