Let’s take a line-by-line 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 of Fort ...

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 ...

I’m proud to report that after digging deep into my internet bookmarks and media sports contacts, I managed to claw out the ...

Betsy Wolfe, a Broadway actress and singer, was tapped to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game ... the California native was reading the lyrics off of her phone. The "Juliet" star ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided ... A perfection to be attained. We need, in a word, a banner.

The words to the US National Anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort ...

The Star Spangled Banner is part of a poem about a battle that was significant in the American History, the War of 1812. The words describe a battle. With a fleet of warships in Baltimore Harbor ...