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

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

Do you get tears in your eyes when you sing the Star-Spangled Banner? Or pledge Allegiance? I noticed at public events people sometimes talk to each other or just wander ...

The jeers began as anthem singer Ania Hejnar started the Star Spangled Banner before the Senators ... whenever you’re able to wear and represent your country and put on the USA jersey, there ...

There were a smattering of boos for “The Star-Spangled Banner,” although it was more tame than during the national anthem at ...

Wrestling fans in Canada booed the Star Spangled Banner at a WWE wrestling match on Saturday night — with commentator Pat McAfee calling Canada “terrible,” in a rant after the national diss.