It’s often characterized as a British officers’ drinking song, but it’s hardly that. “The Anacreontic Song” was the official song of an 18th-century club of London “wealthy men of social rank” that ...

The sight that stirred Francis Scott Key on the morning of Sept. 14, 1814, from the deck of a ship on the Patapsco River, not only gave proof of the country’s ability to survive a war with Britain. It ...

Sunday is the 200th anniversary of the day Francis Scott key penned what came to be known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" as he observed the American flag still flying over Baltimore Harbor's Fort ...

The old melody started as an English tavern song that began "To Anacreon in Heav'n, where he sat in full glee." Later, it was used in an American campaign song that began "Ye sons of Columbia, who ...

If you're thinking of forming an 18th century English gentlemen's social club - and let's face it, who isn't - you'll certainly want to have a nice theme song. The Anacreontic Society had this one, ...

The old melody started as an English tavern song that began To Anacreon in Heav’n, where he sat in full glee. Later, it was used in an American campaign song that began Ye sons of Columbia, who ...