It’s a song every American has heard ... tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence ...

Betsy Wolfe was tapped to sing the national anthem before the New York Yankees' opening-day game but a quirk in her ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

Social media ripped the New York Yankees' national anthem singer in their season opener against the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes ... The Associated Press The lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The song became recognized for official use by the US Navy in 1888 ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... who wrote the words to the song during the War of 1812, was defaced ...

The 33-year-old singer returned to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" during a recent Colorado ... In an Instagram post about the new song, she reflected on how she was taught "that 'failure ...

Betsy Wolfe drew heavy criticism online after some fans noticed that she was reading the lyrics from her phone as she was ...