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

The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...

Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics ... Star-Spangled Banner.” O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand There is some contention over the word ...

Ages ago, I traveled overland from Europe to Nepal: the Orient Express train from Munich to Istanbul, a boat through the ...

Fresh off his Voice Season 27 win this week, David performed “The Star Spangled-Banner” before the Florida Panthers defeated ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1969, as the Vietnam War raged, Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the Woodstock  stage and bent the US national anthem into a wail of anguish. His electric guitar screeched  bombs and ...

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual Patriotic Pops concert continues to be a Memorial Day weekend highlight, offering ...

♦ The Star-Spangled Banner was written about a battle during the War of 1812. The lyrics come from Francis Scott Key's poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry. ♦ The Star-Spangled Banner didn't ...

A crowd gathered in Watseka’s Legion Park May 26 for Memorial Day services.