Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a bill making "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United ...

Every Saturday, we’re going deep on one song we’ve never reviewed before. This week, in honor of Independence Day, we look back at our national anthem—its troubled history, its best performances, and ...

"My County 'Tis of Thee" is easier to sing. "America The Beautiful" is more picturesque. And easier to sing. Yet "The Star Spangled Banner" is our national anthem. Love it or not — and many people, ...

(RNS) — The temptation is to follow “The Star-Spangled Banner,” our national anthem, with an immediate declaration of “Play ball!” But in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, let’s resist ...

The four original stanzas of our national anthem give us hope. Hope, once kindled, is a difficult feeling to extinguish. Francis Scott Key, poet of the lyrics to our national anthem, clearly was ...