The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States. But where do the lyrics come from, and what’s the history of the anthem? ‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ ...

Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam ... 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 ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... anthem’s seldom-sung third verse, which gloats at the defeat ...

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

The first documented performance of the song at a baseball game was during the 1918 World Series. “The Star-Spangled Banner” ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” Born into slavery in Georgia in ...

The United States is a country that sings its national anthem a lot relative to other countries, and no performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" is bigger than the one that takes place before the ...