Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem ... and we can’t change the fact that many of our founding documents have racism at their heart, but for me ...

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 ...

Then he started to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many guitar heroes have played the national anthem. Famously, Jimi Hendrix performed the song at Woodstock, delivering an iconic rendition ...

The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to ... Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document the country’s history, art from across ...

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... The third stanza of the original poem which refers to former slaves who were working for the British, is not part of the anthem ...

As such, it is appropriate to consider what the transition means for Black America, and how its musicians have interpreted the “Star Spangled Banner” during times of stress in our racial politics.