While God Bless America, America the Beautiful and America known popularly as My Country ‘Tis of Thee are the best known of the patriotic hymns or songs as noted in another Register article, there are ...

Across the United States, Thanksgiving is best known as a day of gratitude, family gatherings, and historical reflection. While it is not a military or national holiday, many Americans naturally ...

Legendary composer Irving Berlin wrote his iconic God Bless America for a musical revue while in the Army during World War I, but he shelved it. One hundred years later, it turns out his patriotic ...

The national anthem of the United States is “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written by a budding amateur poet, Francis Scott Key. As the story goes, Key watched the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 ...

Every summer on the Sunday closest to the Fourth of July, a vast array of churches breaks out the red, white and blue bunting and patriotic songs like "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," with salutes ...

“To be a specialist about hymns is rare.” He is also an author/composer who has contributed to several hymn collections. His name adorns number 256, the final song in Hymns for Worship: "God We Sing ...

This Fourth of July, worship leaders work to focus devotion “In Christ Alone.” Around star-spangled holidays like Memorial Day and Independence Day, churches have often faced pressure to feature a ...