The Washington Post saw fit recently to publish a letter by one of its town’s fans branding as unpatriotic the Baltimore ...

Max Impact, stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., is one of six musical ensembles that form The U.S.

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

When I post the colors this Monday, I want to do so with quiet reverence. I want to remember what Memorial Day is truly about ...

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 ...

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.

In September 1814, during the War of 1812, British naval forces launched a relentless bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. For 25 grueling hours, approximately 1,800 shells rained down on ...

On September 7, 1814, Key, accompanied by American prisoner ... aboard the British sloop some eight miles upriver from Fort McHenry. From the vessel, they anxiously watched the bombardment of ...

But in 1814, Britain decided to teach the upstarts ... where a small American garrison at Fort McHenry withstood a 25-hour naval bombardment — a sight that inspired a young lawyer, Francis ...