With Memorial Day this week, I felt it appropriate to write something patriotic in honor of those who gave their last full measure of devotion to our nation.

Several hundred people came out to Danville National Cemetery Monday morning to commemorate those who lost their lives in service to their country. Kurt Kizer led the gathering in singing “The ...

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 ...

Sarah Baker, choral director and Becky Gullette accompanist lead members in singing, “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Texas ...

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

In the summer of 1969, as the Vietnam War raged, Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the Woodstock  stage and bent the US national anthem into a wail of anguish. His electric guitar screeched  bombs and ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... Francis Scott Key may have immortalized this unspoken sentiment in his poem as he watched his country’s spangled banner fly ...

He turned it into a poem."And the rocket's red glare ... set to the music of a British song and became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner." Over the 19th century, it became increasingly popular ...