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Errors in Article[edit]

These errors are being picked up by media outlets. Need to clarify.

The first publisher of the song's lyrics, a broadside printed by the Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser, titled it "The Defence of Fort M'Henry." Francis Scott Key did not title his verses. ^[1]

The first sheet music publisher, Thomas Carr of Baltimore, gave the song the title "The Star Spangled Banner" because this phrase is the only recurring one in the lyrics. Ferris, p. 25 Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).

Key explicitly wrote the words to fit the melody of "To Anacreon in Heaven."

Hankcash (talk) 18:49, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

I added some information about the modern history, as it is presented at History.com that did cite their sources. I'm sorry to be so lazy as to not use their original sources. I did get the archived version, so if they edit the page because of current controversy, it'll be all there.

I'm just thinking of those who want to know when the anthem became a fixture at sports events. It seems fairly ridiculous to many, but there it is. DegreeofGlory (talk) 17:40, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

References

^ Marc Ferris, Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America's National Anthem, p. 23

March 3 or March 4?[edit]

March 3 seems to be consider the day the song was adopted as the anthem, yet the article states Hoover signed the bill on March 4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.59.82.105 (talk) 16:17, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

British ships of the Royal Navy[edit]

"British ships of the Royal Navy"

If they are ships of the Royal Navy, they are bound to be British. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.70.49.32 (talk) 05:13, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

There are other Royal Navies in existence besides that of the UK. - BilCat (talk) 05:35, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

Appropriate to include analysis of fifth verse and the sixth verse wholesale?[edit]

Paging BillCat. RepubliqueD'UnionArabique (talk) 16:26, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

The edits mentioning Donald Trump are poorly sourced, not notable, and just don't belong here. Also the mention of "right-wing mass movements in the US" is just false. Do you mean the Republican Party? MikeR613 (talk) 17:25, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Shouldn't the note about Trump links go in its own topic section, not under 5th and 6th versus? Ecarzon (talk) 03:51, 5 April 2019 (UTC)

Sources for expanding article[edit]

Wheat, Shawn (June 11, 2019). "Daily National Anthem tribute to become a tradition again on WIBW". wibw.com. Topeka, Kan. 'We at Gray Television and at WIBW are bringing back the national anthem to start our tradition local day,' said Roger Brokke, General Manager for WIBW-TV.

Senator2029 "Talk" 03:41, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm wondering if there is any connection between Turlough O'Carolan's Bumper Squire Jones and The Anacreontic Song and in turn the star spangled banner. Considering that Bumper Squire Jones sounds almost identical to Anacreontic song this seems very likely. If so why isn't it mentioned on this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.43.46.230 (talk) 21:41, 28 September 2019 (UTC)

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In the first verse of the National Anthem, there is a punctuation mistake. If you re-read Francis Scott Key's original paper with the Star-Spangled Banner, you will notice that the apostrophe between the word "rocket" and the possessive apostrophe " 's " is "rocket's" not "rockets'".

O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; Ryan kamal (talk) 02:23, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Not done. Please provide a reliable, secondary source that supports this change. Even the image of the sheet music here doesn't support this. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 02:50, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

[1] Marc Ferris, Star-Spangled Banner: The Unlikely Story of America's National Anthem, p. 23

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