But the protest by Tommie Smith, the gold medal winner for the 200-meter race, and by bronze medal winner John Carlos came at an immense personal cost. (Silver medalist Peter Norman from Australia did ...

The U.S. Army Field Band delivered a stunning rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Fort McHenry for Defenders Day. This ...

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an 18th-century English drinking song, captured the patriotic picture of the American ...

The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, ...

Latin-R&B singer Nezza made a stand at Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, even though she said she had been warned not to, going into the ...

Influencer and R&B singer Nezza, whose real name is Vanessa Hernández, has gone viral for singing the Star-Spangled Banner in Spanish. During the Los Angeles Dodgers' game against the San ...

Stephen Salisbury II, one of the wealthiest men in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the 1800s, had interests in banking, canals and railroads. But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled ...

The poem’s name was originally “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” but it wasn’t long before it was known only as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” For many, that became the name of the flag, too.

On Friday's 81st anniversary of the Allied invasion, a critical step toward the end of World War II, the group gathered on the beach at Normandy to sing the Star-Spangled Banner.

After Singing ‘Star Spangled Banner’ in Spanish at Dodgers Game in Spite of Being Warned Not To, Nezza Tearfully Says: ‘Today, Out of All Days… I Needed to Do It’ By Chris Willman ...

R&B singer Nezza is going viral for her choice to sing the “Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, after being told to sing in English at LA Dodger game.