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.

This tune was later added to Francis Scott Key's poem The Defence of Fort McHenry to become The Star-Spangled Banner, which was later proclaimed the United States ' national anthem.

Most of the best-known national anthems were written by little-known or unknown composers such as Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of " La Marseillaise " and John Stafford Smith who wrote the tune for " The Anacreontic Song ", which became the tune for " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

It was during the bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write " The Star-Spangled Banner ," the poem that would eventually be set to the tune of " To Anacreon in Heaven " and become the national anthem of the United States.

A different way in which this happened was the marriage of non-related words and tune, a well known example being The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States, with words written by Francis Scott Key strictly as a poem, which was later set to the tune of an old drinking song.

Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for " The Anacreontic Song ", which became the tune for the American patriotic song The Star-Spangled Banner following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America.

In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem " The Defence of Fort McHenry " ( later re-titled, " The Star-Spangled Banner "), which came to be sung to the tune of Stafford Smith's " Anacreon ".

In Episode 9, the tune Sakamoto Ryoma whistles is actually that of The Star-Spangled Banner.

Later retitled The Star-Spangled Banner, Key's words, set to Stafford Smith's tune, became a well-known and recognized patriotic song throughout the United States, and was officially designated as the U. S. national anthem on March 3, 1931.

This song, consisting of Key's text " Defence of Fort McHenry " and Smith's tune The Anacreontic song, is today known as The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States of America.

When Cyndi Lauper sings " The Star-Spangled Banner " it is to the tune of her hit song " Girls Just Want to Have Fun ".

This piece is played as a patriotic tune on Independence Day celebrations in the United States and features an excerpt of The Star-Spangled Banner.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

" The Star-Spangled Banner " has special meaning to Baltimore historically, as it was written during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 by Francis Scott Key, a Baltimorean.

Francis Scott Key ( August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843 ) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the lyrics to the United States ' national anthem, " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

" The Star-Spangled Banner " was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889, and by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 ( 46 Stat.

Soon after, Thomas Carr of the Carr Music Store in Baltimore published the words and music together under the title " The Star-Spangled Banner ", although it was originally called " Defence of Fort McHenry ".

Commemorative plaque in Washington, D. C. marking the site at 601 Pennsylvania Avenue where " The Star-Spangled Banner " was first publicly sung

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.

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.

The Star-Spangled Banner, as sung by John Amirante, was altered to include the words " in the land of Wayne Gretzky ".

Stravinsky's unconventional major seventh chord in his arrangement of " The Star-Spangled Banner " led to an incident with the Boston police on 15 January 1944, and he was warned that the authorities could impose a $ 100 fine upon any " rearrangement of the national anthem in whole or in part ".

The concert was held at East Pyongyang Grand Theatre, with a program including the national anthems of both North Korea ( Aegukka ) and the United States ( The Star-Spangled Banner ), the Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 " From the New World ", George Gershwin's An American in Paris, Georges Bizet's Farandole, Leonard Bernstein's Overture to Candide, and the popular Korean folk song Arirang.

( Stripesy was the exception to the rule: an adult sidekick to a teen hero, the Star-Spangled Kid.

Although in semi-retirement, he was called back to active duty when he rejoined the Justice Society during the period when Power Girl and Star-Spangled Kid also assisted them.

In February 2009, the Star-Spangled Banner Flag or the Great Garrison Flag ( also known as the 15 Star Flag ) was officially adopted as the Official U. S. Flag of the Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America by authority of the Council Executive Board.

This was done in anticipation of the bicentennial commemoration at Fort McHenry in 2014 of the battle which inspired Francis Scott Key to write his inspirational poem which later became our national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.

It was the use of Congreve rockets by the British in the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the US in 1814 that inspired the fifth line of the first verse of the United States National Anthem, " The Star-Spangled Banner ": " And the rockets ’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air ".

* Dr. William Beanes ( 1749 – 1828 ), indirectly responsible for precipitating the situation in which the American national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, was written

Tangier was used for the failed British assault on Baltimore, which was the influence for Francis Scott Key's writing of " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

He even wrote his own orchestral arrangement of The Star-Spangled Banner, which was incorporated into the NBC Symphony's performances of Verdi's Hymn of the Nations.

Since its introduction at games by the " Roar from 34 ", led by Wild Bill Hagy and others, in the late 1970s, it has been a tradition at Orioles games for fans to yell out the " Oh " in the line " Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave " in " The Star-Spangled Banner ".

In February 1983, Gaye performed " The Star-Spangled Banner " at the NBA All-Star Game, held at The Forum in Inglewood, California, accompanied by Gordon Banks who played the studio tape from stands.

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Musicians from the U. S. Navy perform The Star-Spangled Banner prior to a baseball game in Boston

Though he takes his name and motif from the Star-Spangled Kid, Stars uses Jack's cosmic staff and dresses in a similar leather jacket and bandana.

Rocket-based weapons have a long history, from the black powder fire arrows used by the ancient Chinese to the Congreve rocket referenced in " The Star-Spangled Banner ," the national anthem of the United States.

Volkoff publicly ended the partnership prior to a match where he confronted Zukhov and then started singing " The Star-Spangled Banner ", drawing loud cheers from the audience and turning face in the process.

She begins her career as the second Star-Spangled Kid in order to annoy Dugan as partial revenge for him marrying her mother and supposedly forcing the family to move from Los Angeles to Blue Valley, Nebraska.

Courtney Whitmore, stepdaughter of Pat Dugan, finds the original Star-Spangled Kid's gear in her stepfather's belongings and dons the costume in order to annoy him as partial revenge for marrying her mother Barbara and supposedly forcing the family to move from Los Angeles to Blue Valley, Nebraska.

Notably, Stargirl's father was a " Two "; upon defeating him, she transitioned from the Star-Spangled Kid identity to Stargirl in JSA: All-Stars.

Like the Justice Society, the membership of the Seven Soldiers was drawn from DC's anthology comics: The Vigilante ( from Action Comics ); the Crimson Avenger ( from Detective Comics ); the Green Arrow and Speedy ( from More Fun Comics ); the Shining Knight ( from Adventure Comics ); and the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy ( from Star-Spangled Comics ).