USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -It took another 13 years for “The Star-Spangled Banner” to become America’s national anthem, as designated by Congress. But it was at the culmination of a war-torn 1918 baseball season where the tradition began.

Detailed explanation-2: -When did the national anthem start in sports? The song made headway during the 1918 World Series when the Chicago Cubs faced the Boston Red Sox (and yes, Babe Ruth was present). When the Star-Spangled Banner played during the seventh inning stretch, a sports tradition was born.

Detailed explanation-3: -On September 14, 1814, U.S. soldiers at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry raised a huge American flag to celebrate a crucial victory over British forces during the War of 1812. The sight of those “broad stripes and bright stars” inspired Francis Scott Key to write a song that eventually became the United States national anthem.

Detailed explanation-4: -The playing of “The Star Spangled Banner” can first be verified by a New York Times report of the 1918 World Series. In the inning-by-inning recap of the first game, the report of the bottom of the seventh-inning notes that as the Cubs came to bat the band delayed play by playing “The Star Spangled Banner.

Detailed explanation-5: -The words are from a poem that was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. During the War of 1812, on September 13, 1814, Key watched a night-time battle between Great Britain and America that took place in Baltimore, Maryland at Fort McHenry.