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 ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Inspired by the sight of the American flag after battle, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Its vivid imagery captured the spirit ...
Singer Nezza made headlines for singing the National Anthem in Spanish at a Los Angeles Dodgers game last weekend. Some criticized her for politicizing the song, but the Spanish version has a ...
The national anthem performed by Nezza Sunday at Dodger Stadium dates to the 1940s when the U.S. government was looking for a Spanish-language version that communicated the values and aspirations ...
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 ...
Baltimore's Fort McHenry was built in 1803. Located in Locust Point, the historic monument was named after surgeon and signer of the Constitution James McHenry. The monument gained fame during the War ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Online primary source: the original manuscript of Francis Scott Key's poem, annotated with comments by an expert in colonial music.