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.

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 ...

From the American Revolution to modern battles, take a look back at the full toll of U.S. deaths in war this Memorial Day.

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

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 ...

The day had a number of events for people to enjoy, including special ranger programs, living history with the Fort McHenry Guard, and a morning and evening flag change. What to watch for in ...

Maj. George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry, had requested that a giant flag be made to fly over the fort a year earlier, with the War of 1812 well underway and certain at some point he would ...

It was another chapter in the ongoing War of 1812. A week earlier ... s defenses that he needed a flag—a big one: “We, sir, are ready at Fort McHenry to defend Baltimore against invading ...

In September 1814, two years after the War of 1812 had started between the United ... and witnessed a 25-hour British bombardment of Fort McHenry.From his vantage point on the Patapsco River ...