Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...

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 ...

What sank it? According to Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger, it came down to The Star-Spangled Banner. What new laws will impact Alabama schools? See cellphone, diploma, safety changes ...

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 ...

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

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch, one white—made him feel less like a have than a have-not. A friend possessed a blue scrap, and, without one for ...

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

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 ...

Approximately 130 students at Fairmont High School (FHS) turned over their tassels and graduated, signifying a new chapter in ...

In the Twin Cities and surrounding region, Memorial Day was marked with parades, songs, and solemnity. Observances of the ...