USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -"To Anacreon in Heaven” (or “The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. This setting, renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner", soon became a well-known U.S. patriotic song.

Detailed explanation-2: -“The Star-Spangled Banner” The National Anthem of the United States. Francis Scott Key wrote the words during the War of 1812, when he saw the flag of the United States still flying over Fort McHenry, Maryland, after a night of attack by British troops. The tune is from a British popular song of the day.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States.