Clague: This whole stanza was cut from the National Anthem because of its mocking of the British. When we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” ...
His third and fourth verses weren’t any more appropriate. So, before Advance Australia Fair became our anthem in 1984, the National Australia Day Council made shrewd edits. Instead of using ...
Long beloved by Americans, "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became our National Anthem on March 3, 1931 when President Herbert Hoover signed a Congressional bill that codified what had ...