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

Francis Scott Key was in Baltimore Harbor aboard a ship, guarded by the British who would not let him go, forced to watch the battle throughout the night.

It’s a song every American has heard countless times – and can probably recite by heart. But how much do you really know about our national anthem? Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the ...

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Its third verse uses the word ‘slave,’ but it may not have referred to chattel slavery in the South. By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star ...

Long before pop culture’s fascination with celebrity-inspired patriotism, before Whitney Houston made the national anthem a Billboard-ranking vocal marvel, before Christina Aguilera’s highly ...

Explore America and discover people, places, art, history, and other items related to Maryland in the Smithsonian's growing digitized collections. The original Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that ...

The $2 billion rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is slated to start with preconstruction activities Jan. 7 in the Port of Baltimore. U.S. News // 4 days ago Biden signs stop-gap funding ...