“Hillary Clinton asked him if he would help restore the Star-Spangled Banner,” David Lauren says in the History channel special 'Ralph Lauren’s American Icons' ...

On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed the bill making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States. The anthem’s lyrics were written by Francis Scott Key, ...

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

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many of us put our hands on our hearts and try to croak ...

The Star Spangled Banner' is not so easy to sing. It's not so easy to understand. Yet it's our national anthem. Why?

Price, Professor of Religious Studies, Whittier College Since I love to sing and since I love baseball, singing the national anthem at Major League games has provided a chance to combine my passions.

An engaging history of the United States flag known as the Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the 1814 poem that in 1931 became the American National Anthem. The flag was ...

Few people know the real story of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the flag that inspired the lyrics of the national anthem. The real story of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' To mark the 250th anniversary of ...