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

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...

The Star-Spangled Banner has its origins in political resistance, too. The lyrics come from a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key, Defence of Fort M’Henry. Key was inspired to write the ...

Latin-R&B singer Nezza made a stand at Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, even though she said she had been warned not to, going into the ...

The Alabama State Senate approved, along partisan lines, The Star-Spangled Banner legislation on April 17 – the same day the House voted out the Gulf of America bill.

That November, Thomas Carr of Baltimore united lyrics and song in sheet music, under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner: A Patriotic Song." Key's timing could not have been better.

President Coolidge signed a bill making the 'Star-Spangled Banner' America's national anthem on March 3, 1931. Here are 5 notable anthem performances.

Wrestling fans in Canada booed the Star Spangled Banner at a WWE wrestling match on Saturday night — with commentator Pat McAfee calling Canada “terrible,” in a rant after the national diss.

3,000 students gathered to sing the Star-Spangled Banner at the Hyatt Regency in Louisville during the Kentucky Music Educators Conference.

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.