USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -“Star-Spangled Banner” facts and figures: In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed an Executive Order to make it our national anthem. In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a Public Law that made it the official national anthem.

Detailed explanation-2: -President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -The resolution did not pass until it was reintroduced to Congress in 1930. It was officially adopted by law on March 3, 1931. Other songs that were possible contenders for the position as national anthem were “Hail, Columbia, ” “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee, ” and “America the Beautiful.”

Detailed explanation-4: -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.