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.

University of Michigan musicology and American culture professor Mark Clague talked about the history of The Star-Spangled Banner and how he describes it as a living document. The Star-Spangled ...

On Alabama’s sugar-white beaches, tourists are snapping up T-shirts and caps bearing a bold, star-spangled rebrand: “Gulf of ...

The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...

The rousing Star-Spangled Banner is arguably the US's best known and most loved song. But less well-known is the history behind it, and the fact that it was the target of vehement, outraged ...

“The Star-Spangled Banner is a symbol of American history that ranks with the Statue of Liberty and the Charters of Freedom,” said Brent D. Glass, the museum’s then-director, in 2007.

The US Open men’s and women’s singles finals did not appear to feature "The Star-Spangled Banner" over the weekend, as Novak Djokovic and Coco Gauff won titles in their categories. Gauff ...

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’ ...

As such, it is appropriate to consider what the transition means for Black America, and how its musicians have interpreted the “Star Spangled Banner” during times of stress in our racial politics.