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

The first documented performance of the song at a baseball game was during the 1918 World Series. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially ... Gaye’s 1983 NBA All-Star Game performance, ...

(WHTM) — On this day in 1931, it became the law of the land: The Star Spangled Banner was the official ... s mighty host” part in verse two, since after all, we’ve kinda mended fences ...

That all changed ... but referred to a "star-spangled banner." Key wrote quickly that night—in part because he already had a tune in his head, a popular English drinking song called "To Anacreon ...

he put his joy into a verse published first as “Defence of Fort M’Henry” and then, set to the tune of a British drinking song, immortalized as “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The flag itself ...

But the song wasn’t actually adopted as the national anthem until 1931. “‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Is Now Official Anthem,” wrote The Wahsington Post: President Herbert Hoover yesterday ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless ... When 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 ...