It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — On this day in 1931, it became the law of the land: The Star Spangled Banner was the official national anthem of the United States of America. The selection of the song ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... anthem’s seldom-sung third verse, which gloats at the defeat ...

That all changed in 1813, when one enormous flag, pieced together on the floor of a Baltimore brewery, was first hoisted ... about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become known ...

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch ... who received it from a first cousin once removed, whose late husband got it from a friend, who inherited it ...

New York (CNN)-- A near two-century-old copy of "The Star Spangled Banner" sold for $506,500 Friday at Christie's auction house in Manhattan. The famed sheet music is one of 11 known first edition ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor choice for our national anthem. Critics cite it as difficult to sing, difficult to understand, and most often, difficult to lov ...

The Star Spangled Banner symbolizes the bravery and resolve of the men who fought to keep America free and is the best choice for our anthem. We need to preserve our history, not destroy it ...

Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam ... we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” O thus be it ever when freemen shall ...