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

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 ...

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.

Ages ago, I traveled overland from Europe to Nepal: the Orient Express train from Munich to Istanbul, a boat through the ...

Max Impact, stationed at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., is one of six musical ensembles that form The U.S.

After a second mock volley, the re-enactors retire to the parking lot of one of the bloodiest battlefields of the War of 1812. On this ground, ...

♦ The Star-Spangled Banner was written about a battle during the War of 1812. The lyrics come from Francis Scott Key's poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry. ♦ The Star-Spangled Banner didn't ...

The most solemn of America’s national holidays was observed in towns, hamlets and cities throughout the North Country. TWO SERVICES HELD NEAR ELIZABETHTOWN ELIZABETHTOWN — American Legion Post 113 ...

In 1812 and 1813 ... to scribble out the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" on the back of a letter. How did the war end? It was essentially a stalemate. By late 1814, the U.S. government ...