Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner? Francis Scott Key, a prominent attorney, turned a wartime experience in the early 19th century into the poem that became the national anthem of the United States.

This Fourth of July, during a day of parades, baseball and barbecues, somewhere, close by, a marching band surely will be ...

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Had Oliver Wendell Holmes not felt the patriotic pride that led to his writing of this inspiring poem, the USS Constitution ...

Demolition of the remaining structures from the Key Bridge collapse is set to begin next month, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority.

President Biden visited the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore this afternoon, getting a firsthand look at the clean-up and recovery efforts to reopen one of the nation ...

The basics Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of ...

Demolition of the existing structures of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is expected to begin on or about July 7, weather permitting, the Maryland Transportation A ...

Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes and the image of a boat found in Ontario. Now, revealing the stone’s existence, they’re asking the public for help.

Another weekend of demonstrations against Trump won’t get the left anything.