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The Star Spangled Banner Official Anthem at Last
The Star Spangled Banner becomes the official national anthem by act of Congress signed by President Hoover. The article traces Key’s 1814 poem, its 1814 1819 musical pairing to To Anacreon in Heaven, and 19th century debates over anthem status.
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United States of America
Hoover
Francis Scott Key
Baltimore
Minden
William Beames
Key
Baltimore American
Adams and
Heaven
John Stafford Smith
Ralph Tomlinson
Tipplers
Anacreonic Society of London
Crown and Anchor
Strand
National Federation of Music Clubs
Union
Alaska
Hawaii
England
India
France
Katherine Lee Bates
America
John Philip Sousa
Fort McHenry
House Judiciary Committee
Geoffrey O’hara
Camp Oglethorpe
Philadelphia
Charles F. Nagy
Hungary
Clinton A. Strong
Amherst College
Calvin Coolidge
Dwight Morrow
William Penn Charter School
Penn
James Hewitt
New York City
Old American Company
O. G. T. Sonneck
Department of Music
Library of Congress
Hewitt
J. A. and
W. Geib
Maiden Lane
New York
T. Birch
Messrs
Darley
Nicholls
Nichols
Geib and Co
Boston Public Library
Doctor Strong
Nagy
Coolidge
Western Newspaper Union