Rwanda marks July 4 as Liberation Day. It is a day of earnest celebration, of memory, of national rebirth. It commemorates the day the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA)—an armed wing of the Rwandan ...

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu has donated N1bn and 1,800 bags of rice to victims of renewed attacks in Plateau State.

It is featured in over 40 different Christian hymnals and sung in churches all across America, not just during Black History Month or Juneteenth,’ said musician Theodore Thorpe III.

CHICAGO (WGN) — For the second year in a row, the Chicago White Sox are putting a call out to fans who can flex their vocal cords in the 2025 edition of their National Anthem contest.

In the lead-up to the Indianapolis 500, Natalie Grant, a nine-time Grammy nominee, was announced as the singer of the national anthem before the start of the 109th running of the race. “Natalie ...

Not the singer," a fan said. "Grace Potter is trying to break Aretha Franklin’s National Anthem record," joked another. Just a few days before singing the anthem, Potter admitted the challenge.

On Thursday, the Alabama Senate passed a bill mandating that public school students in grades K-12 recite the first stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at least once a week during school hours ...

On April 15, 1929, Rep. John Linthicum of Maryland introduced legislation to make The Star Spangled Banner the national anthem for the sixth time. The time, it would seem, was finally right; the ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival and resilience, about bravery and hope. The first stanza of Francis Scott Key's 1814 poem, as sung by generations of ...