On Sept. 13, 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled ...

Clay Walker is a regular singer of the national anthem before both Texans and Astros games, but he repeated a line in his ...

Gov. Sarah Huckabee-Sanders has proclaimed today as Star-Spangled-Banner Day for the state of Arkansas, and in keeping with ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner. During the War of 1812, Key was on a British ship seeking ...

American Francis Scott Key awoke on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, to find that "our flag was still there" after horrific 25-hour British naval bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore.

"O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave/O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." Key was stirred by the resolve of his fellow Americans as the young republic faced despair in ...

At the Kennedy Center, the symphony’s program of Copland, Carlos Simon and Jessie Montgomery considered and reconsidered the sound of American music.