“The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t actually adopted as ... And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, The third verse is probably the most historically problematic verse.

The national anthem has been involved in American sports for over a century, dating back to at least the 1918 World Series.

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States. But where do the lyrics come from, and what’s the history of the anthem? ‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ...

The Perverse Defense of DEI Its third verse uses the word ‘slave ... the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression of racial hostility toward ...

Nov. 7): The NAACP wants the Star Spangled Banner removed as our National Anthem because the author was a slave owner and the third stanza of the poem that is the basis for the Anthem is “racist”.