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Indy 500 viewers were left horrified by singer and songwriter Natalie Grant's rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' ahead ...
It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?
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 ...
‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’. But what are the words to the rest of the US national anthem? Discover the history and lyrics to the well-known anthem below. The music was ...
The iconic pre-race tradition continues with a Grammy-nominated artist taking the mic before the green flag drops at the Brickyard.
So why does it keep happening? Well, in part because the song is notoriously difficult to sing. Why is the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ so hard to sing? In short, the national anthem is so hard to ...
Eventually one paper would take creative liberty and rename the song "The Star-Spangled Banner." It wasn't until 1931 that the song became the national anthem, when President Herbert Hoover signed ...
Fresh off his Voice Season 27 win this week, David performed “The Star Spangled-Banner” before the Florida Panthers defeated ...
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 ...
During World War I, the Massachusetts Legislature had narrowly passed Chapter 264, Section 9, which prohibits the performance of “The Star-Spangled Banner” as dance music, as part of a medley ...
When asked about her favorite part of performing the Star-Spangled Banner, Berke pointed to the precious moments before she even bellows the song’s iconic “Oh, say can you see.” While some ...
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.