Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort ...
By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... the Maryland lawyer who wrote the words to the song during the ...
One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the ...
The first verse of the poem, Defence of Fort M'Henry, later became known as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner, which officially became the national anthem of the United States in 1931.