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 1812.

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...

Jazz great Ethel Ennis sang the national anthem. Jimmy Carter, 1977: Cantor Isaac Goodfriend, a Holocaust survivor, ...

This story begins and ends with a photo ... for the crime of performing a weird arrangement of “The Star-Spangled Banner” with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Gaiman was hardly the first ...

Houston’s Bayou Bend: The Origin Story of Texan High Culture David ... the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression of racial hostility toward ...

The Star Spangled Banner symbolizes the bravery and resolve of the men who fought to keep America free and is the best choice for our anthem. We need to preserve our history, not destroy it. Patti ...

Macchio takes over for Jackie Evancho, who performed ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at the President-elect’s 2017 inauguration ...

Cheap Trick frontman Robin Zander belted out the national anthem before the Commanders-Buccaneers’ NFL playoff game on Sunday ...