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

“The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it ...

The song was originally intended for a group of people to sing together. Today “The Star-Spangled Banner” has become a complete soloist affair, and the pace and general tempo is often much slower.

In the emotional atmosphere following the Civil War, the song stirred a sense of patriotism in a new generation and Americans came to see the flag as a national treasure. Eventually the family came to ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is a notoriously difficult song to sing, though the problem most performers have is with the range of the song, not the words.

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 Latin-R&B singer Nezza tearfully explained why she sang "The Star Spangled Banner" in Spanish at a Dodgers game despite being told not to.

Some criticized her for politicizing the song, but the Spanish version has a patriotic history. NPR’s Neda Ulaby reports. This segment aired on June 17, 2025.

The sculpture depicts the two school children who discover a scroll on which was written the story of how and why "The Star Spangled Banner" was composed. The young boy and girl stand on a large ...