As part of a series with the Smithsonian Institution presenting 25 objects that tell the story of America, Daniel Piazza, ...

Few people know the real story of "The Star-Spangled Banner," or that the massive flag that inspires it still exists.

Removed from exhibit in 1998 for a conservation project that cost about $7 million, the Star-Spangled Banner, as it had become known, returns to center stage this month with the reopening of the ...