Spangled Banner" is a staple before sporting events in the United States, with our national anthem being sung prior to each ...

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 ...

Removed from exhibit in 1998 for a conservation project that cost about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become known, returns to center stage this month with the reopening of the ...

On this day, Francis Scott Key, a young lawyer, was detained in Baltimore harbor under guard by the British navy. The British were occupying the harbor, planning to attack Baltimore during the War of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors tour Fort McHenry, the site of the September 13-14, 1814, battle against the British that inspired Francis Scott Key to ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner." In 1940, the chapel at Buckingham ...