rs, other songs would emerge to compete for popularity at public events, among them «The Star-Spangled Banner». Song gained popularity throughout the 19th century and bands played it during public events, such as July 4th celebrations. On July 27, 1889, Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F. Tracy signed General Order 374, making «The Star-Spangled Banner» the official tune to be played at the raising of the flag.1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that «The Star-Spangled Banner »be played at military and other appropriate occasions. The playing of the song two years later during the seventh-inning stretch of the 1918 World Series, and thereafter during each game of the series is often noted as the first instance that the anthem was played at a baseball game, though evidence shows that the «Star-Spangled Banner» was performed as early as 1897 at opening day ceremonies in Philadelphia and then more regularly at the Polo Grounds in New York City beginning in 1898. In any case, the tradition of performing the national anthem before every baseball game began in World War II. Today, the anthem is performed before the beginning of all MLS, NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL games (when at least one American team is playing), as well as in a pre-race ceremony portion of every NASCAR and AMA motocross race. November 3, 1929, Robert Ripley drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon, Ripley »s Believe it or Not!, saying« Believe It or Not, America has no national anthem ». In 1931, John Philip Sousa published his opinion in favor, stating that «it is the spirit of the music that inspires» as much as it is Key's «soul-stirring» words. By a law signed on March 3, 1931 by President Herbert Hoover, «The Star-Spangled Banner» was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America.
say can you see by the dawn «s early light, so proudly we hailed at the twilight» s last gleaming, broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, «er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? the rockets » red glare, the bombs bursting in air, proof through the night that our flag was still there; say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, «er the land of the free and the home of the brave? the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, the foe »s haughty host in dread silence reposes, is that which the breeze, o« er the towering steep, it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? it catches the gleam of the morning »s first beam, full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
«Tis the star-spangled banner, O! long may it wave »er the land of the free and the home of the brave.where is that band who so vauntingly sworethe havoc of war and the battle« s confusion, home and a country, should leave us no more? blood has washed out their foul footsteps » pollution.refuge could save the hireling and slavethe terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave, «er the land of the free and the home of the brave.thus be it ever, when freemen shall standtheir loved home and the war »s desolation.with vict« ry and peace, may the Heav »n rescued landthe Power that hath made and preserved us a nation! conquer we must, when our cause it is just, this be our motto: «In God is our trust.» the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
6. «O Canada"
