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

On Monday, the Kings won the first game of their opening round Stanley Cup Playoff showdown with the Oilers with a 6-5 ...

Betsy Wolfe, a Broadway actress and singer, was tapped to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game ... the California native was reading the lyrics off of her phone. The "Juliet" star ...

What if, instead, we were writing about Wolfe bungling the words to The Star-Spangled Banner instead? Isn't that worse? So what if she needs the lyrics there, just in case? This is perfectly ...

Susan Biddle / The Washington Post / Getty Images The Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics to our national anthem in 1814—its appearance above Fort ...

Nowhere is that as true as in the lyrics of national anthems – the more stirring ... doff their baseball caps and join in “The Star-Spangled Banner”. The same brand of unfeigned enthusiasm is evident ...

Wolfe has previously been nominated for a Tony award but her performance of The Star-Spangled Banner on Thursday was ... accuse her of needing to read the lyrics to her own national anthem.

Millions do. We looked at Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner hand-written lyrics. "This is the first handwritten draft of the United States Constitution," Austin said of another artifact.

There’s no shortage of all-time terrible performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events ... of notes), but Wolfe was reading the lyrics from a cell phone.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” can be famously difficult to ... “Blue Embers,” is a delicate ballad featuring frank lyrics about depression and existential doubt. “You get to a certain ...