And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, The third ... the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Clague: This whole stanza was ...

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”.

The third stanza's opening lines probably express ... Not so fast. Deep within "The Star-Spangled Banner" is another famous phrase, one that many believe eventually was adopted as our national ...

(WHTM) — On this day in 1931, it became the law of the land: The Star Spangled Banner was the official ... he wrote a four stanza poem “Defence of Fort M’Henry”. Before long it was set ...