In the murky waters of Baltimore's harbor, between the Chesapeake Bay and a decommissioned fort, a red, white and blue buoy marks the spot where Francis Scott Key observed the British bombarding Fort ...

An engaging history of the United States flag known as the Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the 1814 poem that in 1931 became the American National Anthem. The flag was ...

There is more to the story of this flag than meets the eye Victoria Altman The Star Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired our national anthem (NMAH) The Star-Spangled Banner is one of the most ...

The Star-Spangled Banner Preservation, 1914, Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History In 1878, New York stockbroker Eben Appleton inherited the Star-Spangled Banner, the very flag that ...

As the dawn's early light approaches, so does our Hometown Hotspot. September marks the anniversary of the U.S. National Anthem. This morning, we are learning more about the history of the ...

Edna Williams Lawrence froze at the sight of a dotted outline of an absent figure in a painting of seamstress Mary Young Pickersgill during her first visit three years ago to The Star-Spangled Banner ...

On 14 September 1814, in the dawn’s early light, US troops stationed at Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbour hoisted their ...

In his comprehensive study of the national anthem, a historian and musicologist examines our complicated relationship to a famously challenging song. By Peter Sagal When you purchase an independently ...