It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

Francis Scott Key watched as the Battle of Baltimore raged on. The barrage of shells convinced him it would be a British victory as the battle stretched on from Sept. 13, 1814, to the next day, per ...

Inspired by the sight of the American flag after battle, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Its vivid ...

Crowd Confused as Lana Del Rey’s ‘National Anthem’ Is Played Instead of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ The crowd at Waipahu High School in Hawaii was left confused when instead of hearing “The ...

“Hillary Clinton asked him if he would help restore the Star-Spangled Banner,” David Lauren says in the History channel special 'Ralph Lauren’s American Icons' ...

An engaging history of the United States flag known as the Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the 1814 poem that in 1931 became the American National Anthem. The flag was ...

(RNS) — The temptation is to follow “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem, with an immediate declaration of “Play ball!” But in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, let’s resist ...

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 of the ...

Set to music by 1931, Key’s “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the anthem of the United States and has been played countless times at sporting events, and other patriotic celebrations for nearly a ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many of us put our hands on our hearts and try to croak ...

BALTIMORE -- It has been 209 years to the day since Francis Scott Key wrote the "The Star-Spangled Banner" in Baltimore. It was originally penned as a poem by Francis Scott Key the morning after a ...

A proposal to allow student-led prayer in Alabama public schools is one of four constitutional amendments that voters will ...