The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and the President in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.
when a woman was found singing the wordds and they loved it and they found out she was related to the president so it became the star spangle banner
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The "Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States in 1931.
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On March 3, 1931, after 40 previous attempts failed, a measure passed Congress and was signed into law that formally designated βThe Star-Spangled Bannerβ as the national anthem of the United States.
Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as a poem, the song was put to music much later and it did not become our national anthem until the Hoover Administration
Francis Scott Key is an American Lawyer who was an important person in American History. Francis Scott Key was a captured prisioner on a British Boat in the War of 1812. On the Battle of Baltimor on September 13-14 1814, Key wrote a poem of what he saw and soon became the National Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner).
The "Star-Spangled Banner" was adopted as the national anthem of the United States in 1931.
YES
On March 3, 1931, after 40 previous attempts failed, a measure passed Congress and was signed into law that formally designated βThe Star-Spangled Bannerβ as the national anthem of the United States.
March 3, 1931
It was made the official national anthem on March 3, 1931.
It's been the official US anthem since 1931.
Herbert Hoover. It surprises many people to know that while "The Star Spangled Banner" was unofficially used as our anthem for a long time, it did not officially become our National Anthem until 1931.
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The Star Spangled Banner was officially adopted as the US Nation Anthem by an act of Congress on March 3, 1931. It had been in unofficial use as a national anthem since the 1890s however. Before the 1890s, the tune Hail Columbia was commonly used as a de facto national anthem. Hail Columbia is currently used as the official march of the Vice President of the United States.
Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key as a poem, the song was put to music much later and it did not become our national anthem until the Hoover Administration
Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that would later become the national anthem of the United States after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1814.
Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called "The Defence of Fort McHenry". Key witnessed the fort in Maryland being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. In 1931, it was set to music and the first stanzas became the US National Anthem.