Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...

Because a little dutch courage before taking to the stage never did anyone any harm. Did it?… I said ‘Did it!?!’ ...

Bruce Springsteen led a star-studded tribute to legends like Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty and Emmylou Harris.

Susan Biddle / The Washington Post / Getty Images The Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics to our national anthem in 1814—its appearance above Fort ...

Smokey Robinson, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Tom Morello and Joe Ely, in absentia, were bestowed honors by the Bruce ...

Jimi Hendrix' Star-Spangled Banner channeled the moral cacophony ... who sang the “censored” lyrics of the classic that referred to hungry Americans during the Great Depression.