"Representatives passed the bill later that year. The Senate passed the bill on March 3, 1931. President Herbert Hoover signed the bill on March 4, 1931, officially adopting ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" as the national anthem of the United States of America. As currently codified, the United States Code states that ""[t]he composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem."" The song is notoriously difficult for nonprofessionals to sing because of its wide rangea 12th. Humorist Richard Armour referred to the song's difficulty in his book ""It All Started With Columbus"". Professional and"
"imagery in the earlier song.) It has become better known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Though somewhat difficult to sing, it became increasingly popular, competing with ""Hail, Columbia"" (1796) as the de facto national anthem by the time of the Mexican–American War and American Civil War. More than a century after its first publication, the song was adopted as the American national anthem, first by an Executive Order from President Woodrow Wilson in1916 (which had little effect beyond requiring military bands to play what became known as the ""Service Version"") and then by a Congressional resolution in1931, signed by President Herbert"
"National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China The National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China (), also unofficially known as the ""National Banner Song"", is a patriotic song typically played during the raising and lowering of the flag of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan. It is also played at international sporting events such as the World Baseball Classic and Olympic Games, where Taiwan participates officially under the name of Chinese Taipei. The song is thus considered to be in effect a secondary national anthem; Taiwanese citizens stand when it is performed and salute it as"
"Nuestro Himno """" (Spanish for ""Our Anthem"") is a Spanish-language version of the United States national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". The debut of the translation came amid a growing controversy over immigration in the United States (see 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests). The idea for the song came from British music executive Adam Kidron, as a show of support to Hispanic immigrants in the United States. The song is included on the album ; a portion of the profits of which go to the National Capital Immigration Coalition, a Washington, D.C.-based group. Many other artist including Tito El Bambino and"
"the Peruvian composer Clotilde Arias. Arias' translation was considered more faithful to the original English verses than prior Spanish translations. Nuestro Himno """" (Spanish for ""Our Anthem"") is a Spanish-language version of the United States national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". The debut of the translation came amid a growing controversy over immigration in the United States (see 2006 U.S. immigration reform protests). The idea for the song came from British music executive Adam Kidron, as a show of support to Hispanic immigrants in the United States. The song is included on the album ; a portion of the profits of"
"Clotilde Arias Clotilde Arias Chávarri Anduaga de Ferrero (20 June 1901 – 6 May 1959) was a Peruvian-American lyricist and composer. She is best known for her composition of the song ""Huiracocha"", popular in Peru and sung worldwide; and for her translation of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", the United States national anthem, into lyrical Spanish, commissioned by the U.S. Department of State in 1946. Arias was born in 1901 in Iquitos, Perú, on the shores of the Amazon. She moved to New York City in 1923 to study music. She married José Anduaga, another Peruvian artist, in 1929. They settled in"
"of Francis Scott Key, whose poem ""Defense of Fort McHenry"" was set to music as ""The Star-Spangled Banner."" Key has commented that he ""think[s] it's a despicable thing that someone is going into our society from another country and ... changing our national anthem."" During a press conference on 28 April 2006, President George W. Bush commented, ""I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English. And they ought to learn to sing the anthem in English."" However, author Kevin Phillips has noted that ""[w]hen visiting cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, or Philadelphia, in"
"accompanied by patriotic songs such as the national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner""; ""God Bless America""; ""America the Beautiful""; ""My Country, 'Tis of Thee""; ""This Land Is Your Land""; ""Stars and Stripes Forever""; and, regionally, ""Yankee Doodle"" in northeastern states and ""Dixie"" in southern states. Some of the lyrics recall images of the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812. Firework shows are held in many states, and many fireworks are sold for personal use or as an alternative to a public show. Safety concerns have led some states to ban fireworks or limit the sizes and types allowed. In addition,"
"slow march during military ceremonies, often while the band counter-marches. The song is not to be confused with ""Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"", nor with ""Stand Columbia"", the alma mater of Columbia University. Hail, Columbia ""Hail, Columbia"" is an American patriotic song that is the ceremonial entrance march of the Vice President of the United States. It was previously considered, with several other songs, one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" was named as the official national anthem. Columbia is the poetic name for the national personification of the United"
"Francis Scott Key Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland who is best known for writing a poem which later became the lyrics for the United States' national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". During the War of 1812, Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Maryland in 1814. Key was inspired upon viewing the American flag still flying over the fort at dawn, and wrote the poem ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"", which was published a week later. The poem was adapted to the tune of the popular"
"the Star Spangled Banner with the Seal of the United States. Appearing at the start of Noel, it resembles the World War One era of America, the police dress as they did at the start of the 20th century, and the U.S. Army soldiers dress similarly to WW1 ‘doughboys’. Following independence, Britain became ""The Socialist Republic of Britain"" and is now linked to the French Empire by the Channel railway bridge. However, a considerable degree of animosity remained between French and British people. Paris, the capital of the French Empire, is the biggest city in the world, known by the"
"from a national anthem. While a national anthem or ""gukka"" is an official symbol of the state, ""aegukka"" refers to any song, official or unofficial, that contains patriotic fervor towards its country, such as Hungary's ""Szózat"" or the U.S. ""The Stars and Stripes Forever"". However, the nationally designated ""Aegukka"" plays the role of symbolizing the country. In general shorthand, the term ""aegukka"" refers to the national anthem of North Korea. The Korean exile government (1919–1945) in Shanghai, China adopted as their national anthem ""Aegukga"" (which has the same name with a different Romanization), to the tune of ""Auld Lang Syne""."
"Hail, Columbia ""Hail, Columbia"" is an American patriotic song that is the ceremonial entrance march of the Vice President of the United States. It was previously considered, with several other songs, one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" was named as the official national anthem. Columbia is the poetic name for the national personification of the United States, which originated during the 18th century. The music was composed by Philip Phile in 1789 for the first inauguration of George Washington and titled ""The President's March."" It became the song ""Hail, Columbia"""
"pivotal states, he would drop in at Hispanic festivals and parties, sometimes joining in singing ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" in Spanish, sometimes partying with a ""Viva Bush"" mariachi band flown in from Texas."" In addition, the Department of State offers several Spanish translations of the anthem on its website. On 4 May 2006, comedian Jon Stewart called the controversy over the translation ""unbelievably stupid,"" and jokingly suggested that the first verse (the only verse commonly sung) be kept in English, and that the other verses be given to ""whoever wants [them],"" because those are the verses ""Americans don't want or won't"
"the song (officially with different lyrics) was used at Olympic competitions instead of the National Anthem due to pressure from the Chinese Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee. This also changed the symbols used by Taiwan during the Olympics and another sporting and another events and their name officially changed to ""Chinese Taipei."" During the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2017 Taipei Universiade, Chinese Taipei won its first gold medals, and the Banner Song was played at the ceremonial raising of the flag of the gold medal team. When introduced, the song is officially called the ""National Anthem of Chinese"
"this song the United States' national anthem in 1931. John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (30 March 175021 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for ""The Anacreontic Song"", which became the tune for the American patriotic song ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. Smith was baptised in Gloucester Cathedral, England, on 30 March 1750, the"
"""Defence of Fort McHenry,"" after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. Once again, owing to the origin of America from British nationals, the lyrics were later set to music common to British and American sailors, but eventually became world-famous as ""The Star-Spangled Banner,"" and was designated the United States' official national anthem in 1931. After centuries of struggling and fighting ""hostile"" Indians, diseases, and nature, Americans had breached the Appalachian mountain chain and pushed into the wide open areas of the far west. Thus, songs such as ""My Country, 'Tis of"
"Estrellas, Canada on CTV and on Venezuela on Venevisión. Because of the Gulf War situation, this marked the first time the Super Bowl would be telecast in most countries around the world. Outside of North America and England, this Super Bowl was broadcast for the first time in countries such as Australia and Russia. Whitney Houston performed ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" for Super Bowl XXV, backed by The Florida Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Jahja Ling. With America involved in the Gulf War, the positive response to the rousing performance was overwhelming, and it was released as a single and"
"the U.S. one, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi ""Gi Talo Gi Halom Tasi"" () is the territorial anthem of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Chamorro lyrics for the official territorial anthem of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was jointly written by the brothers Jose and Joaquin Pangelinan presumably around the time after World War II had ended. The Carolinian lyrics for the CNMI National Anthem were written by David Kapileo Peter ""Taulamwaar"" the day before the signing of the Covenant in 1976. David Marciano assisted with parts of the Carolinian version of the lyrics and"
"intense all-night bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British ships offshore was memorialized by Francis Scott Key, a Baltimore lawyer who witnessed the ferocious attack from one of the vessels, and put down his thoughts watching the barrage - which failed to either destroy the fort or subdue its defenders - in a four-stanza poem, which became known as The Star-Spangled Banner and later became America's national anthem. In some cases even incomplete forts (some with fake wooden cannon barrels painted black pointed out the embrasures) were sufficient to deter attack from the sea. But, undefended and unfortified, Washington, D.C.,"
"the final stanza of ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: ""And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'"" The change from ""E Pluribus Unum"" to ""In God We Trust"" was generally considered uncontroversial at the time, given the rising influence of organized religion and pressures of the Cold War era in the 1950s. The 1956 law was one of several legislative actions Congress took to"
"first nation to sing a national anthem at the start of a sporting event. In 1978 as part of their album, also called ""Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"", Geraint Jarman a'r Cynganeddwyr recorded a version of the Welsh national anthem using electric guitars, inspired by Jimi Hendrix's rendition of the ""Star-Spangled Banner"". Jarman's version, played by Welsh guitarist Tich Gwilym is one of the most famous modern versions of the song. Tradition has established ""Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau"" as an unofficial Welsh anthem since 1905, when it was first sung by fans at rugby games, although the official anthem at the"
"boy and girl. Arlette Roxburgh Arlette Roxburgh is a Trinidadian American singer and songwriter. She was born in Trinidad. She is best known for singing The Star-Spangled Banner before every New Jersey Devils home game started. When the Nets were in New Jersey, she also sang the national anthem before their home games at the time as well. Roxburgh was born on the island of Trinidad. As a child, she sang in the church choir and continued until she was a teenager. After this, she formed a singing group of her own and performed at talent shows and social events."
"Bowery Theatre Company. He died in 1831. Ferdinand Durang Ferdinand Durang (c. 1785 – 1831) was an American actor, best known as the first person to sing publicly Francis Scott Key's ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of John Durang of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, America's first native-born actor. He served in the Pennsylvania militia. It is disputed whether he actually matched Key's poem with the tune of ""To Anacreon in Heaven,"" a popular drinking song, but he is generally recognized as the first person to publicly sing it, at Captain McCauley's tavern in Baltimore in October"
"and Canada were sung before the game. Arizona native and ""American Idol"" winner Jordin Sparks sang U.S. national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". The Canadian national anthem, ""O Canada"" were sung by Tamia, Canadian singer who is also the wife of Phoenix Suns player Grant Hill. The pre-game introduction included a dance performance by the ""America's Best Dance Crew"" winner, the Jabbawockeez. Grammy-nominated singer Chris Brown was originally scheduled to appear during the pre-game introductions. He, however, withdrew from the performance due to an ongoing domestic violence case against him. Other musical guests during the All-Star Weekend were singers Corbin Bleu"
"Atlantic, such as the Baptists, Methodists, Congregationalists and Episcopalians. Britain and the United States practise what is commonly referred to as an Anglo-Saxon economy in which levels of regulation and taxes are relatively low, and government provides a low to medium level of social services in return. Independence Day, July 4, is a national celebration which commemorates the July 4, 1776 adoption of the Declaration of Independence from the British Empire. American defiance of Britain is expressed in the American national anthem, ""The Star Spangled Banner"", written during the War of 1812 to the tune of a British celebratory song"
"song ""To Anacreon in Heaven."" The song with Key's lyrics became known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner,"" and slowly gained in popularity as an unofficial anthem over the years, finally achieving official status a century later under President Woodrow Wilson as the United States national anthem. Key was a lawyer in Maryland and Washington D.C. for four decades, and worked on important cases like the Burr conspiracy trial, and argued numerous times before the U.S. Supreme Court. Nominated for U.S. attorney by President Andrew Jackson, he served from 1833 to 1841. Key owned slaves from 1800, during which time abolitionists ridiculed"
"isamaa on minu arm"" became something of an unofficial national anthem. My fatherland is my love,<br> To whom I've given my heart.<br> To you I sing, my greatest happiness,<br> My blossoming Estonia!<br> Your pain boils in my heart,<br> Your pride and joy makes me happy,<br> My fatherland, my fatherland! My fatherland is my love,<br> I shall never leave him,<br> Even if I must die a hundred deaths<br> Because of him!<br> Though foreign envy slander you,<br> You still live in my heart,<br> My fatherland, my fatherland! My Fatherland is My Love,<br> And I want to rest,<br> To lay down into your"
"dancing to my song 'Ignition'. That's when it became official. I've been in the business for over 20 years, but that's when it became official to me that Kels is here, baby."" In March 2013, a petition was launched on We the People requesting that the U.S. national anthem be changed from ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" to ""Ignition (Remix)"". Referencing the song's lyrics, the petition stated that ""We, the undersigned, would like the Obama administration to recognise the need for a new national anthem, one that even a decade after its creation, is still hot and fresh out the kitchen."" Credits"
"Sovereign Union of Nations The Sovereign Union of Nations (, , ""Derzhavny Soyuz Narodov"") has been proposed as the Union State's unofficial anthem. The song, which was modified from the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, refers to a wider union of the two nations (Belarus and Russia). Да будет во благо сплочение наше! Пусть крепнет тепло наших дружеских уз. Да будет вовеки светлее и краше Свободных народов Державный Союз! Славься народами мудрость хранимая — Та, что к согласию, к миру зовёт! Здравствуй, великое, несокрушимое Наше содружество, весь наш народ! У нас за плечами глубины столетий — История нашей единой"
"Virgin Islands is a U.S. insular territory, the national anthem is still ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". ""The Guardian"" reporter Alex Marshall compared it favorably to other national anthems, suggesting that it was reminiscent of the music of the Disney film ""Mary Poppins"". Virgin Islands March The ""Virgin Islands March"" is a U.S. patriotic song which is considered to be the territorial anthem of the United States Virgin Islands. The song was composed by Sam Williams and U.S. Virgin Island native Alton Adams in the 1920s. It served as the unofficial anthem of the U.S. Virgin Islands until 1963 when it was"
"the humanist call:<br> To give and not to count the cost’ each day;<br> Bless those who rule to serve with resoluteness,<br> To make this clime a land of righteousness.<br> Land of the Rising Sun (anthem) ""Land of the Rising Sun"" was the proclaimed national anthem of the secessionist African state of Biafra, in south-eastern Nigeria. The tune was adopted from Sibelius' ""Finlandia"", and written by Nnamdi Azikiwe. Land of the rising sun, we love and cherish,<br> Beloved homeland of our brave heroes;<br> We must defend our lives or we shall perish,<br> We shall protect our lives from all our foes;<br>"
"the national anthem, a parade and other events. The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House in Baltimore, Maryland birthplace of the flag that a year later inspired Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), to pen his famous poem, has celebrated Flag Day since the inception of a museum in the home of flag-banner-pennant maker Mary Pickersgill on the historic property in 1927. The annual celebrations on Flag Day and also Defenders Day (September 12, since 1814) commemorates the Star-Spangled Banner and its creator Mary Pickersgill, for the huge emblem that flew over Fort McHenry guarding Baltimore harbor during the British Royal Navy's three days"