The Woodstock music festival was held i969. From Santana and The Who to the Grateful Dead's electrifying set, check out ...

The origins for "The Star-Spangled Banner" came from "The Anacreontic Song" -- a theme song of sorts composed by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, an 18th century amateur musicians ...

The Star-Spangled Banner turns 200 on Sunday and, even today, it has aged gracefully. Sept. 14 marks 200 years since the poem was put to paper. Written by Francis Scott Key as he saw the American ...

Cue up “The Star-Spangled Banner” on virtually any occasion, and the 200-year-old song will put hands over hearts, remove hats from heads, and raise voices mostly in tune all across the country.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” had been a fixture of American life for more than a century prior to May 4, 1931, when President Hoover signed a bill establishing the song as the national anthem.

The original Star-Spangled Banner was raised in triumph at the end of the perilous fight . . . a battle watched o'er the ramparts by Francis Scott Key, detained aboard a British ship nearby.

The Star-Spangled Banner was penned by Francis Scott Key as he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland during the Battle of Baltimore on September 13-14, 1814.

The story of Francis Scott Key's "Star Spangled Banner" is the stuff of grade-school history books. But the song has inspired some memorable interpretations in the recent past, as each performer ...

Every school kid used to know the story behind America’s National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. How, on September 13, 1814, British warships fired a ...

Before “The Star-Spangled Banner” was adopted as the national anthem in 1931, “Yankee Doodle Dandy” was sometimes used as a traditional ceremonial song. Four versus of the anthem ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was only announced for the opening night. Pranysqa Mishra, a talented 9-year-old singer who has performed at various other sporting events, sang the national anthem on ...

In 1931, Congress passed a bill to make "The Star-Spangled Banner" the official national anthem of the United States. But the decision was far from simple. Among the points of contention was the mu… ...