The War of 1812, says historian Hickey, was, even given Vietnam, the most “vigorously ... consistent with common practice. The famous Star-Spangled Banner—today one of the greatest treasures ...

This show is clearly all about the new era. "The moment that really brought tears to my eyes was Beyoncé performing 'The Star Spangled Banner' at the beginning of the show and transitioning into ...

The Star-Spangled Banner serves as the national anthem of the United States, its lyrics derived from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem composed by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14 ...

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 ...

opening the show with "Ameriican Requiem" before serenading the crowd with her Beatles cover "Blackbiird" and the Star Spangled Banner. Then she kicked the energy up a notch with her anthem ...

Nowhere is that as true as in the lyrics of national anthems – the more stirring ... doff their baseball caps and join in “The Star-Spangled Banner”. The same brand of unfeigned enthusiasm is evident ...

War has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the Vietnam War.

On Thursday, the Alabama Senate passed a bill mandating that public school students in grades K-12 recite the first stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at least once a week during school hours.

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 ...