Seamstress Betsy Ross is the subject of flag folklore, but written evidence points to the lawyer, musician, and Declaration ...

For veterans, Memorial Day is a solemn occasion, a day dedicated to remembrance and reflection for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the freedoms that Americans have long ...

“The Star Spangled ... herald a flag that represents a country with so many flaws and so far from perfection? I think we should. Our anthem proves metaphoric once again: The banner about which ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was composed by Francis Scott Key, a Maryland attorney, slaveholder and poet, who was inspired by watching soldiers raise the flag over Baltimore’s Fort McHenry ...

Those that stayed were witness to one of the most iconic performances at the Music and Art Festival: his “Star-Spangled Banner ... recently passed the Flag Protection Act of 1968, criminalizing ...

The Star-Spangled Banner arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in 1907. National Museum of American History The flag’s history starts not with Key, but rather a year earlier, with Major George ...

June 13 (UPI) --Today is Flag Day, and while Americans typically don't get the day off, it's still a holiday worth celebrating. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, Flag Day marks the ...

Patriotic students at the University of Mississippi sing moving rendition of the Star Spangled Banner in front of group of activists waving Palestinian flags. "Ole Miss Alpha Males started a 'WE ...

The US Open men’s and women’s singles finals did not appear to feature "The Star-Spangled Banner" over the weekend ... on Saturday night as the American flag was unfurled across the court ...

The first two states added were Vermont (1791) and Kentucky (1792). Notably, the "Star-Spangled Banner," a large flag created by Mary Pickersgill, inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem that ...