The Star-Spangled Banner

On 14th September 1814, soldiers in the United States raised a huge American flag at Baltimore Fort McHenry and celebrated the important victory of British troops during the war in 1812. Seeing those "wide stripes and bright stars" encouraged Francis Scott Keys to write a song that eventually became an American national anthem. The key word gives the country a new meaning and creates the tradition American generations have invested in their own meanings and memories.

With "Hail Columbia" and "Yanji Dudu", "Starry Shining Flag" is one of the popular patriotic songs after the war of 1812. During the Civil War, 'Flag of the Stars' was an national anthem. In the following decades, allied forces and their songs became increasingly popular, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Presidential Decree in 1916 and called it the "American National Anthem" for all military ceremonies. On March 3, 1931, after 40 attempts failed, the bill passed the parliament and signed the law officially designated as the national anthem of the United States as "Stars and Stripes".

In 1899, the US Navy officially adopted "Star Spangled Banner". In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the performance of "Star Spangled Banner" at the military and other appropriate scenes. Two years later, this song was played in the seventh match of the first game of the 1918 World Championships, and since that time this song has been quoted as a national anthem in baseball games. "Stars and Stripes" was held at the opening ceremony of Philadelphia in 1897 and then began in Polo Field in New York in 1898. In any case, the national anthem tradition is sung before each performance. Baseball games began in World War II