Texas High School Tiger band performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. The tune was ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

George Armistead to make a flag for Fort McHenry. This flag, which measured 30 feet by 42 feet, was the original ...

Re “Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem ... the British sent a downpour of shells and rockets on Fort McHenry for 25 hours in September 1814. Francis Scott Key was in ...

The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the song that would become our national anthem, is among the most treasured artifacts in the Smithsonian's ...

TEXARKANA, Tx. - The Tiger Band headed off Saturday evening to represent Texas High School in Washington, D.C.

"During this expedition, he witnessed the British bombarding an American fort called Fort McHenry near Baltimore ... known as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner, which officially became ...