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Committee Hears Star-Spangled Banner Sung: Studies Bill to Make It the National Anthem". The New York Times. February 1, 1930. p. 1. Antunes, Anderson. "A Brief History Of The Brazilian National Anthem, And Why It Is The Tune Of The World Cup". Forbes. Royal anthem "God Save The Queen" ". Department of Canadian Heritage. Archived from the original on 8 August 2008 . Retrieved 17 April 2008. On September 2, 1814, from his home in Georgetown, F. S. Key wrote to his parents. The letter to his mother ended with:Clague, Mark (2022). O Say Can You Hear? A Cultural Biography of "The Star-Spangled Banner". W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780393651393.

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Ja, vi elsker dette landet" was first performed in 1864, but only gradually came to replace the older national anthem " Sønner av Norge" as de facto national anthem. It was adopted as the official national anthem 11 December 2019. a b " 'Star Spangled Banner' Is Voted National Anthem by Congress". The New York Times. March 4, 1931. p. 1. Between 1918 and 1929, John Charles Linthicum, U.S. congressman from Maryland, introduced a series of six unsuccessful bills to officially recognize "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem. [29] Minahan, James B. (2009). The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-313-34497-8.What are the world's oldest national anthems?". NationalAnthems.me. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011 . Retrieved 14 August 2011. Canada. Parliament, House of Commons. (1964). House of Commons debates, official report. Vol.11. Queen's Printer. p.11806. The words to ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ come from an 1814 poem, ‘The Defence of Fort McHenry’, composed by American poet Francis Scott Key. Do you know Luxembourg's national anthem?". Luxembourg Times. 11 December 2017 . Retrieved 5 July 2020. Zdravljica" was originally adopted by the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. Only the seventh stanza of the song is used as the national anthem.