What Influenced The United States Finally Accept the Star Spangled Banner as our National Anthem?
A cartoon published by Robert Ripley (writer of the famed Ripley’s Believe It Or Not series) pointed out the fact that our country had no official National Anthem. Soon after this publication the idea took root and was expanded upon by other notable Americans including John Philip Sousa. Two years later in 1931, Herbert Hoover signed the Star Spangled Banner into law as the National Anthem of The United States of America. Current Events Surrounding the Star Spangled Banner: In 2004 a poll showed that an alarming percentage of people in the United States did not know the words to the Star Spangled Banner. As a result of this study the Music Educator’s National Conference (MENC) initiated the National Anthem Project to rekindle interest and knowledge about the song. What are the words and music to the Star Spangled Banner? The words and music to our national anthem are available separately in many places on the Internet. However both are available in sheet music form as a free download f
