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

As NFL players and owners push back against President Trump’s remarks about the national anthem, here’s a quick refresher on how “The Star Spangled Banner” came to be played at sporting ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression of racial hostility toward African Americans and should be either ...

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original Star-Spangled Banner that inspired the lines of Francis Scott Key’s renowned poem ...

Removed from exhibit in 1998 for a conservation project that cost about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become known, returns to center stage this month with the reopening of the ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, Thomas Edison's light bulb ... The answer was that if the sand patterns had been disturbed, the monks would simply redo that section. When finished, the painting was ...

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 ...

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.