Editor’s note: This story was originally published on March 3, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Many of us put our hands on our hearts and try to croak ...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" began its life as a poem by Francis Scott Key about seeing the flag flying over Fort McHenry after it was bombarded by British troops in 1814. Long before it became the ...

Jimi Hendrix playing his guitar during his set at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Playing with Jimi Hendrix is Billy Cox. Photo by Henry Diltz/Corbis via Getty By the time Jimi Hendrix took the ...

“The Star Spangled Banner” has long been derided as a poor choice for our national anthem. Critics cite it as difficult to sing, difficult to understand, and most often, difficult to love. It has been ...

From Little League games to professional sporting events and from school assemblies to citizenship ceremonies, the lines of “The Star-Spangled Banner” ring out. It is one of the most common ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion of the ...

“Then in that hour of deliverance and joyful triumph, my heart spoke…” —Francis Scott Key Many visitors have noticed that in our exhibition and on the website ...

Spangled Banner" is a staple before sporting events in the United States, with our national anthem being sung prior to each ...