The Star-Spangled Banner, one of the best-known national anthems in the world, has roots far more rowdy than patriotic, ...

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Every once in a while, okay, maybe every few days, I can’t help getting on the internet and typing in the late, great Toby Keith’s Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.

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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 ...