McEdwards: So it was flying in 1813, Dr. Crew. I guess the British got a really good look at it as they were retreating. But tell us what you find most fascinating about this flag ...

Removed from exhibit in 1998 for a conservation project that cost about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become known, returns to center stage this month with the reopening of the ...

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. The melody was ...

WASHINGTON (Amazing America TV) — The original flag that inspired the national anthem is on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. I got a chance to check it out, so ...

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 of the ...

From inauguration ceremonies to baseball games to high school graduations and more, those words are used to celebrate the American flag. The national anthem was penned by Francis Scott Key after the ...

Nui Ba Den, South Vietnam, Oct. 16, 1969: The U.S. flag flies from the top of the radar tower atop Black Virgin Mountain (Nui Ba Den), a solitary block of granite that juts 3,200 feet in the air above ...

From Roseanne Barr to Carl Lewis, the epic failed performances. Roseanne Barr is seen in this youtube clip singing the national anthem before San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds game, July, 25, 1990.

Baltimore's Fort McHenry was built in 1803. Located in Locust Point, the historic monument was named after surgeon and signer of the Constitution James McHenry. The monument gained fame during the War ...