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 ...

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.

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 ...

Before the week was out, the poem had been reprinted in the pages ... But in the public mind his successes—the defense of Fort McHenry and the defeat, against all odds, of a Royal Navy squadron ...

The lyrics come from Francis Scott Key's poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry. ♦ The Star-Spangled Banner didn't become the official national anthem until 1931, 119 years after it was originally conceived.

Do you know how our National Anthem came to be? We have a raging battle, a young poet and Maryland to thank The Art of Sausage Making The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s The Corning Museum of ...

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.

From The News-Press archives, we have put together a gallery of galleries from Fort Myers High School graduations.