Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor choice for our national anthem. Critics cite it as difficult to sing, difficult to understand, and most often, difficult to love.

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival ... horror and uncertainty that of the battle to keep Fort McHenry — and thus the City of Baltimore — from ...

The poem was titled “Defence of Fort M’Henry,” but it was later called “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The tune of the song was a popular pub song “To Anacreon in Heaven” — the same tune that the first ...

Designated a national park by Congress on March 3, 1925, Fort McHenry, where American forces withstood a British bombardment and inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner,” on ...

Fans of the Ottawa Senators continue to voice their displeasure with United States President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Canada becoming the 51st state. The jeers began as anthem singer Ania ...

Wrestling fans in Canada booed the Star Spangled Banner at a WWE wrestling match on Saturday night — with commentator Pat McAfee calling Canada “terrible,” in a rant after the national diss.

Canadian Major League Soccer fans booed "The Star-Spangled Banner" before a match between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Los Angeles Galaxy on Sunday night. Fans added to the trend that has taken ...

If you’ve attended a Sonora or Summerville high school sporting event this winter and heard “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung with perfect pitch and pace, you were likely listening to a 9-year ...

fans loudly booed the Star-Spangled Banner when it was played during the tournament. It is not just hockey games at which the U.S. anthem is being booed, either. During WWE’s Elimination Chamber ...

The 33-year-old singer returned to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" during a recent Colorado Avalanche hockey game, as she shared in an Instagram clip posted on Friday. "We're back baby," she ...