From time to time it has been proposed as a replacement for The Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem, including television sign-offs.

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.

While that national dichotomy has stymied any effort at changing the tradition of the national anthem, " America the Beautiful " continues to be held in high esteem by a large number of Americans.

Popularity of the song increased greatly following the September 11, 2001 attacks ; at some sporting events it was sung in addition to the traditional singing of the national anthem.

* 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the " Qaumī Tarāna ", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.

It has become a song that inspires hope in the wake of tragedy, becoming a sort of " spiritual national anthem " according to authors Mary Rourke and Emily Gwathmey.

* 1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.

" Advance Australia Fair " is the official national anthem of Australia.

Before its adoption as Australia's national anthem, Advance Australia Fair saw considerable use elsewhere.

* 1984 – Advance Australia Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as the national colours.

The term anthem means either a specific form of Anglican church music ( in music theory and religious contexts ), or more generally, a song ( or composition ) of celebration, usually acting as a symbol for a distinct group of people, as in the term " national anthem " or " sports anthem ".

The word " anthem " is commonly used to describe a celebratory song or composition for a distinct group, as in the term " national anthem ".

* 1792 – La Marseillaise ( the French national anthem ) is composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.

In 2001, the National Guard unit was designated an official military unit of the Bulgarian army and one of the symbols of state authority, along with the flag, the coat of arms and the national anthem.

As the Lions do not represent a single nation-state, they do not have a national anthem.

The most recent was in May 2012, when Washington Post columnist Mike Wise published a piece entitled " Fans who yell ‘ Oh !’ during national anthem are tainting a moment meant to unite Americans ".

The most famous bush ballad is " Waltzing Matilda ", which has been called " the unofficial national anthem of Australia ".

One of his major works was to bring " Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau " ( the Welsh national anthem ) back in Brittany and create lyrics in Breton.

As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway ( 1927 ), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast ( 1958 ), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway ( 1958 ), the first colour television transmission in Canada ( 1966 ), the inauguration of the Order of Canada ( 1967 ), and the establishment of " O Canada " as the country's national anthem ( 1980 ).

-- liberal considers that the need for a national economy with controls that will assure his conception of social justice is so great that individual and local liberties as well as democratic processes may have to yield before it.

Internal national responsibility is a societal response to the impact of the Industrial Revolution.

Already accidental war is a silent guest at the discussions within the Kennedy Administration about the urgency of disarmament and nearly all other questions of national security.

It is well then that in this hour both of `` national peril '' and of `` national opportunity '' we can take counsel with the men who made the nation.

that is, about one-half of one per cent, which looks pretty `` tokenish '' to me, especially in an institution which professes to be `` national ''.

Each is still glorified as a national hero.

This is, however, symptomatic of our national malaise.

Hence government must establish greater controls upon corporations so that their activities promote what is deemed essential to the national interest.

At the national and international level, then, what is the highest kind of morality for the private citizen represents an instance of political immorality.

In this domain the simple fact of coexistence in the same local, national, and world community is enough to guarantee that we cannot refrain from having some effect, large or small, upon Gentile-Jewish relations.

If Jews are identified as a religious body in a controversy that comes before a national or international tribunal, it is obviously compatible with the goal of human dignity to protect freedom of worship.

This, it is urged, would relieve the national committee from the necessity of appealing to the trust magnates.

The alternative to this is that if a conservative candidate is nominated the national committee will have to appeal to the trusts for their campaign funds, and in doing this will incur obligations which would make a Democratic victory absolutely fruitless.

The national average is more than $4 and that figure is considered by experts in the mental health field to be too low.

This is the key fact emerging from Sunday's national election.

Engaged as it is in a battle for world trade as a condition of national survival, this country can have little patience with labor's family feuds.

The concept of labor as a special class is outmoded, and in the task confronting America as bastion of the free world, labor must learn to put the national interest first if it is itself to survive.

But competent observers believe he is making progress, particularly toward what Sen. Jackson lists as the primary need -- `` a clearer understanding of where our vital national interests lie and what we must do to promote them ''.

The move for establishment of a national seashore park on 30,000 acres of Cape Cod, from Provincetown to Chatham, is strengthened by President Kennedy's interest in that area.

Carbondale is in the Herrin-Murphysboro-West Frankfort labor market, where unemployment has been substantially higher than the national average.

In other words, the Secretary General is to be a nonpartisan, international servant, not a political, national one.

The selections have caused some controversy, mainly because of the predominance of VFL players at the expense of those who played in other leagues in the years before there was a national competition.

During the Civil war, soldiers from different parts of the United States played baseball together, leading to a more unified national version of the sport.

In some competitions, boards are pre-dealt prior to the competition, especially if the same hands are to be played at many locations ( for example in a large national or international tournament ).

Today the sport is played in over 40 countries with more than 50 member national authorities.

* Cyril Domoraud ( b. 1971 ), Ivorian football player ( senior career 1992 – 2008 ) who played for the Côte d ' Ivoire national team ( 1995 – 2006 )

The Republic of Ireland national football team also played two games at the venue during the construction of the Aviva Stadium.

In recent years, Craven Cottage has hosted several International Friendly matches, including the Republic of Ireland national football team who played Colombia and Nigeria there in May 2008 and May 2009 respectively and Oman in 2012.

DJs also played a role in exposing rock and roll artists to large, national audiences.

The Scottish national team has occasionally played at Easter Road and Tynecastle.

England is the oldest national football team in the world alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872.

He played for the Romanian national team in three World Cups in 1990, 1994 and 1998, as well as in three European Football Championships in 1984, 1996 and 2000.

Hagi made his debut for the Romania national team at the age of 18 in 1983 in a game against Norway played in Oslo.

He first played for the England national team against Scotland in 1984.

God Save the Queen, the national anthem of the United Kingdom, is sometimes played alongside Hen Wlad fy Nhadau during official events with a royal connection.

Sharif's character, an expert horseman, played the Afghan national sport of buzkashi.

The Kalevala played an instrumental role in the development of the Finnish national identity, the intensification of Finland's language strife and the growing sense of nationality that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917.

The national teams competition organized by the International Korfball Federation has been played roughly every four years since 1978.

In college at UCLA, he played on three consecutive national championship teams, and his high school team won 71 consecutive games.

In total, Dalglish played 102 times for Scotland ( a national record ) and he scored 30 goals, ( also a national record, which matched that set by Denis Law.

The following national teams played in 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.

The inaugural first-class match at the National Stadium was played between Pakistan and India on 26 February 1955 and since then Pakistani national cricket team has won 20 of the 41 Test matches played at the National Stadium.

) was a Scottish footballer who played for the Scotland national football team in both the 1954 and 1958 FIFA World Cups.

The national anthem was played before most events-including movies, plays, and school assemblies.