An overzealous cleanup of a cemetery in Lebanon, Illinois, left families confused and angry. "Like our loved ones were trash.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" became our National Anthem on 1931. Here's a closer look at Francis Scott Key's masterpiece.

The Star Spangled Banner was the official national anthem of the United States of America. The selection of the song was not without controversy, some of which continues to this day. Objections to it ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the publication, on Christmas Day, of a treaty between himself and the crowned ...

1814. In “the dawn’s early light,” Key saw the flag over Fort McHenry “was still there,” proclaiming that the underdog Americans had refused to surrender. Today, Canadians, who take pride in repelling ...

The war served as a delicate part of American history, as British forces captured and burned the White House in August 1814. One month later, 5,000 British troops invaded the Northeast side of ...

13, 1814, to the next day, per Smithsonian Magazine. But then, the dawn broke and light signaled another day. Amid “the dawn’s early light” on Sept. 14, an American flag waved in the air and Key, ...

France became the first European power to officially plant its flag on Chagos, when it claimed the Peros Banhos ... Madagascar, and East Africa. In 1814, after the fall of the Napoleonic French Empire ...