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Noun1.The Star-Spangled Banner- a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
After years of writing for stars likeMariah Carey,Ariana GrandeandRihanna, the R&B star born Priscilla Renea Hamilton became a household name thanks in part to themega-smash "Hrs and Hrs"— a track that won Long her first golden gramophone (for Best R&B Performan...
But nobody has ever suggested that I pledge allegiance to it.] I will confess that she has me pegged in one way: I think “The Star Spangled Banner” sucks as a national anthem. I’d happily replace it with “America the Beautiful”, which is not only singable but is also about our...
she has the same gooey center we all do. I cry, real red, white and blue tears, and stand to sing "The Star-Spangled Banner" loudly in ear range of that Russian reporter, and the winners mount the highest level of the podium, and a gold medal is placed around their necks...
The head drum major whistled us into the opening bars of the Star Spangled Banner. I got it together and played my part. We finished, there was a moment of silence, then the crowd broke into cheers and stomps again. We started into another march, about-faced, and marched back down the...
Over the summer, with the BLM protests raging, my fellow music educators were doing a lot of soul-searching about the more problematic items in the traditional repertoire. The conversation inevitably turned toward “The Star-Spangled Banner,” with some questions about its appropri...
then this will make us happier. If we're listening to a piece of classical music, it may calm us down. And if we're listening to an instrumental version of "The Star Spangled Banner," it could inspire patriotism within us and be used (by the pathetic POS powers that be) to subconsci...
But I’m forgetting one more anthem. Or should I say, Ican’tforget the one more. Yes, Christopher Dean Macchio (“America’s tenor”) sang “The Star Spangled Banner” to close out the inauguration ceremony, but he also performed another anthem to kick things off and I’m still humming...
After hearing that it is doubly a pleasure, in the company of Miss J., another ‘Northern vandal,’ to make the walls of the old church echo to the words of The Star Spangled Banner, with an accompaniment from the organ; and it would have done any loyal head good to see how much ...