"Baltimore was a very good place to have a flag business," says Jean Ehmann, a guide who shows visitors around the Pickersgill house, now a National Historic Landmark known as the Star-Spangled Banner ...

As the dawn's early light approaches, so does our Hometown Hotspot. September marks the anniversary of the U.S. National Anthem. This morning, we are learning more about the history of the ...

Spangled Banner” by heart, but you’ve likely heard it dozens of times. What you probably haven’t heard before is its dramatic origin story or other fascinating national anthem facts. On Sept. 13, 1814 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Online exhibit exploring the story of the Star-Spangled Banner. Topics include the War of 1812 and the Battle of Baltimore; Mary Pickersgill and ...

A flag that has survived the Battle of Baltimore, famous for "bombs bursting in air," can surely survive anything, right? You'd be surprised. Maintaining the Star-Spangled Banner is a monumental task.

The museums of the Smithsonian Institute are among America’s great treasures. Within the span of a few city blocks in the nation’s capital, you can see the tattered flag that inspired Francis Scott ...

It's red, white, and blue, like the French "Tricolore." But it really represents America and its Star-Spangled Banner, since ...

The Cooper Flagg era has officially begun in Dallas. Ahead of the newest No. 1 pick's debut for the Mavericks at home against ...

Dallas Mavericks fans have made a fast tradition of singing Cooper Flagg's name during the national anthem at home games.