It’s a song every American has heard ... tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence ...

Betsy Wolfe was tapped to sing the national anthem before the New York Yankees' opening-day game but a quirk in her ...

That November, Thomas Carr of Baltimore united lyrics and song in sheet music, under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner: A Patriotic Song." Key's timing could not have been better. Washington was ...

It is one of vanishingly few performances of the song you can bet on. If you flub the lyrics, it doesn't ... will perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans.

The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes ... The Associated Press The lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The song became recognized for official use by the US Navy in 1888 ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... who wrote the words to the song during the War of 1812, was defaced ...

Social media ripped the New York Yankees' national anthem singer in their season opener against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Betsy Wolfe drew heavy criticism online after some fans noticed that she was reading the lyrics from her phone as she was ...