It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

3. The lyrics come from a poem. Francis Scott Key penned the words of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in Baltimore on September 14, 1814.

Singing "The Star Spangled Banner" has become an honored tradition at major sporting events across the country, but its high-pitched notes and seemingly difficult lyrics have made for some ...

Courtesy: The Smithsonian. "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the country's official national anthem in 1931 and had already been translated into many languages, including two Spanish versions.

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, writes Barrymore Laurence Scherer for The Wall Street Journal.