Part of what makes the mystery of flight MH370—the Malaysian airplane that disappeared—so haunting is the horror we all feel, wondering if there were people alive and conscious aboard the plane, and if so, if they were aware that the… Read More
Francis Scott Key wrote the words of the poem Star Spangled Banner during the War of 1812. He then set it to the tune of a popular drinking song. It was made into the U.S. national anthem in 1931 by President Herbert Hoover.