Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

The War of 1812 grew out of a much larger war ... was particularly angry about the impressment of some 15,000 Americans into the Royal Navy. “(They) have been dragged on board ships of war ...

Since the War of 1812, Americans have tried to invade Canada and US President ... based on long-standing differences with Great Britain such as trade restrictions and impressment of sailors.

For over two years the hostilities continued. There was the Battle of the Thames, where Tecumseh was killed; the attack ...

The first walk across Lake Erie from Erie to Canada was reported to be in 1912, when a 19-year-old North East man crossed the ...

All these rules are known as International Humanitarian Law (known as IHL) or the Law of Armed Conflicts and are intended to mitigate the horrors of war. People flee following Israeli air strikes ...

By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya The world’s youngest nation faces the threat of war yet again. This month, a United Nations helicopter was attacked during an evacuation mission ...