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

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

The answer: "In short, the national anthem is so hard ... Not every rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" with a shaky start ends badly, though. When 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert stumbled over ...