The following month, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. After twenty-five hours of bombarding the fort ...

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem ... of Michigan and a co-founder of the Star Spangled Music Foundation. Marc Leepson is an American journalist ...

Oskar Jensen is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, based at Newcastle University working on a project called The Invention of Pop Music: Mainstream Song, Class, and Culture, 1520–2020.

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original ...

[Lively piano melody ... [Humming the Star-Spangled Banner] [Crashing noise, laughter] - Yeah, I think there's always something a bit subversive about his music. [Star-Spangled Banner, soft ...

Roseanne Barr definitely got more flak for her 1990 rendition. And Fergie made bigger swings at the 2018 NBA All-Star Game. Also, that song is too hard! The national anthem is an annoyingly ...

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 ...

By Rania Aniftos Super Bowl LVIII is officially underway, and Reba McEntire helped kick things off on Sunday (Feb. 11) with a heartfelt performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” before the San ...

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 ...