“The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t actually adopted as ... And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, The third verse is probably the most historically problematic verse.

When a Harvard MBA No Longer Guarantees a Job, Seek a Different Sort of Education Rise of the Romantasy Its third verse uses ... “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression of racial ...

The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States. But where do the lyrics come from, and what’s the history of the anthem? ‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ...

At issue was a monument to Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner ... visible on the marble and travertine base. The third verse contains racist language. Below, a newer plaque ...

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”.