The US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, is one of the world’s most iconic anthems. But what are the words and history?

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

Some believe the song, written by slaveholder Francis Scott Key, is racist. Its lyrics were controversial from the start.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- CBS3 has started broadcasting The Star-Spangled Banner every morning. CBS3 joins with all CBS owned-and-operated stations in broadcasting the song as the start to each morning.

The 1942 code also allows for the singing of a single verse. The 1931 act of Congress did not specify an arrangement, only that “The Star-Spangled Banner” would be the national anthem, Baber said.

About 20 years ago, I started asking people if they could recite the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” I told them that if they could, I would give them a 20-dollar bill.

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 ...

In honor of the Fourth of July, we used AI to help create the reimagined lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner" if it was written today.

Sunday is the 200th anniversary of the day Francis Scott key penned what came to be known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" as he observed the American flag still flying over Baltimore Harbor's Fort ...

(FOX) -- One of the sweetest renditions you'll ever hear of "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung on Sunday morning, Feb. 20, 2022, ahead of NASCAR's Daytona 500.

When you think of anthems, one really big one probably comes to mind. We’ve heard “Star Spangled Banner” a thousand times, but how did the song come to be known as the United States ...

THE US National anthem has been performed by some of the most famous singers on the planet – from Super Bowls to Las Vegas superfights. The Star-Spangled Banner is known the world over but do… ...