Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner and why

The Star-Spangled Banner is the United States' national anthem, and many may not know the history behind how it came to be.

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.

Access these resources as a member - it's free! University of Michigan musicology and American culture professor Mark Clague talked about the history of The Star-Spangled Banner and how he describes ...

There have probably been more love songs dedicated to Uncle Sam than to all the girls named Marie in all the country songs ever written. "America the Beautiful," "My Country 'Tis of Thee," "You're a ...

At the outset of the Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a new stanza celebrating the effort to free the enslaved; it was published in public school texts after the conflict ended, triggering book ...

An Israeli Uncle Sam on a grown-up's tricycle broadcasts love for America from an Israeli boardwalk with American flags and American music.

In honor of the Fourth of July, check out the backstories of patriotic standards such as "Yankee Doodle," "America the Beautiful" and many more.

WIBX is holding a contest to determine which singer receives the honor of singing the National Anthem at this year's Boilermaker Road Race Post Race Party. Usually, more than 40,000 people attend the ...

the project started in-depth conversations about how American history is taught and written. So: Does that star-spangled banner yet wave o’er the land of the free and home of the brave?

The Star-Spangled Banner. Certainly it's America's national anthem, but July 4, Independence Day is that day where it carries that extra bit of weight. Written as a poem by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer ...