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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The United States national anthem is, within the singing community, considered one of the hardest songs to perform. Some ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is searching for two talented singers to perform the "Star-Spangled Banner" with them for two Independence Day shows.

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

Motown legend Martha Reeves was invited to sing the Star Spangled Banner before the first-ever game in the Women’s Professional Baseball League, but her uneven performance made headlines for all the ...