Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

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

Prior to tipoff for the national championship game between Florida and Houston, retired Air Force Master Sergeant Robert ...

Fortunately for posterity, he did not call it Mrs. Pickersgill's flag, but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head ...

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... So I guess anything they wrote should be removed. So let’s get rid of the Constitution. The poem is a form of art and should ...

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch ... of asking you to send me a piece of blue,” he wrote in 1874 to Georgiana Armistead Appleton, the daughter ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... Our anthem proves metaphoric once again: The banner about which Key wrote was not the banner about which we sing.