Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem ... sophisticated naval weapons on the planet at the time. Gave proof through the night that our flag was still ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... too. At the time Key was writing, the word “slave” (we’ll ...

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

Oh, say can you see? The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes the national anthem of the United States. 1923. Henry Luce and Britain hadn't begin Publishing Time, America's first major weekly ...