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

Francis Scott Key is one of Maryland's most famous historical figures, best known for writing the lyrics to the United States' national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Key was believed to ...

The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of ... it officially became the U.S. national anthem. At the time, Key was helping negotiate with British forces for the release of ...

A major bridge that collapsed in Baltimore after getting hit by a ship is named for Francis ... Scott Key, who turned a wartime experience in the early 19th century into the poem that became the ...

When quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem a few years ... of the free but the home of the slaves.’ Francis Scott Key, meet Jill Scott Contemptuous.