When we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand There is some contention over the word usage here.

Upon emerging to strap on his guitar, his first words to the spectators were ... Then he started to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many guitar heroes have played the national anthem.

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original ...

His “Star-Spangled Banner” is a throwback to Puritan times ... Isabel Morse Jones wrote that Stravinsky “made the words and melody easier to sing — but duller to listen to.” ...