A couple of years ago, a neighbor invited me to play trivia with his team, and I was quickly hooked, like Charlie the Tuna in the television commercial of a ...

Test your knowledge of 'The Star-Spangled Banner'! This quiz covers the U.S. National Anthem's history, composer Francis ...

Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 ...

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an 18th-century English drinking song, captured the patriotic picture of the ...

The national anthem was penned by Francis Scott Key after the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. But is the flag actually what is honored by the song?

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor choice for our national anthem. Critics cite it as difficult to sing, difficult to understand, and most often, difficult to love. It ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” ...

Jennifer Jones and Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss talked about the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's centerpiece exhibit of the Star-Spangled Banner. 2014 marked the 200th anniversary of ...

On This Day: The Star-Spangled Banner On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner. During the War of 1812, Key was on a British ship seeking to secure ...

On Sept. 13, 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner." ...

Jimi Hendrix’s Star-Spangled Banner brought the sounds of Vietnam to the crowd at Woodstock. But he wasn’t the only musician to reimagine the national anthem during a time of war.