University of Michigan musicology and American culture professor Mark Clague talked about the meaning of the four verses in The Star-Spangled Banner.

Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. He was a white supremacist like many others, and felt that blacks were morally and psychologically inferior and that ...

The basics Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, ...

The US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, is one of the world’s most iconic anthems. But what are the words and history?

ABC News explained how a Harris Interactive survey of 2,200 adults revealed that 61 percent of Americans do not know all the words to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Out of those who claimed to ...

Kristin Chenoweth defended her National Anthem performance at the NBA Finals game 7 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the ...

In honor of the Fourth of July, we used AI to help create the reimagined lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner" if it was written today.

The pre-Super Bowl “Star-Spangled Banner” puts pop stars in one of the biggest, brightest spotlights on the planet. Which is great if you’re Whitney Houston, who delivered one of the all ...

IN THE NEWS: As Americans prepare to celebrate the country’s 248th year of independence from a British king, we are still adjusting to the new U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the president of the ...