Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

The poem is a form of art and should be appreciated as art, not dismissed because of the personal beliefs of the author. Secondly, look at the song itself. The Star Spangled Banner is part of a ...

This poem was put to music ... the night ♪ ♪ that our flag was still there, ♪ ♪ O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave ♪ ♪ O'er the land of the free ♪ ♪ and the home ...

“It is a day to honor you, those who came back alive,” said Hazel Simeon, a Lewiston Air Force veteran who is an area ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor ... Francis Scott Key may have immortalized this unspoken sentiment in his poem as he watched his country’s spangled banner fly ...