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

Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, help is ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... was defaced with red paint and slogans including “Racist Anthem.” ...

But his collection of fragments from the Star-Spangled Banner—one red swatch, one white—made him feel less like a have than a have-not. A friend possessed a blue scrap, and, without one for ...

Red stripes had split from their seams ... "Flags have a hard life," says Suzanne Thomassen-Krauss, chief conservator of the Star-Spangled Banner Project at the National Museum of American ...