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The Star Spangled Banner Official Anthem At Last
The Star Spangled Banner becomes official national anthem after Congress approval and President Hoover signature. Article traces Key’s 1814 siege inspiration, prior debates on warlike and singability concerns, and discovery of an American tune by Hewitt used with the poem. Maryland origins and notable figures Hoover, Linthicum, Sousa, Nagy, Strong cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
United States of America
Hoover
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Minden
William Beames
Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore American
Adams and
Clinton A. Strong
Charles J. Nagy
Philadelphia
Ian Felicity
House Judiciary Committee
Charles F. Nagy
Hungary
Amherst College
Calvin Coolldge
Dwight Morrow
William Penn Charter School
Penn
James Hewitt
England
New York
Ery
Old American Company
QC. G. T. Sonneck
Department of Music
Library of Congress
New York City
Lsts
Hewitt
Lammany
Columbus
Pizarro
Robin Wood
Darley
Heaven
Boston
Gelb and Co
Doctor Strong
Nagy
Coolidge
Uslas