When we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand There is some contention over the word usage here.

“The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially adopted as the national anthem by President Herbert Hoover in 1931, two years after ...

Marty Bass finishes his week of top 5 destinations at the Maryland Center for History and Culture to check out the Star ...

Rather than address claims against the song, it would be my pleasure to look at what makes our national anthem so great.

1931. Oh, say can you see? The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes the national anthem of the United States. 1923. Henry Luce and Britain hadn't begin Publishing Time, America's first major ...