Banner Moment #4: Inspiration—Key Witnesses American Victory (& History)
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View ArticleProudly We Hail! MMB #Anthem200 Halftime Show
RED, WHITE & “GO BLUE!” (Click Here to View Video of the Show) U-M TO HOST ONE OF NATION’S BIGGEST CELEBRATIONS FOR NATIONAL ANTHEM’S 200th BIRTHDAY Michigan Marching Band to perform half-time...
View ArticleBanner Moments #5: Holmes Adds Civil War Verse to Anthem
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View ArticleBanner Moment #6: Jan. 8, 1917—Key's Song Named "National Anthem" of U.S....
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View ArticleBanner Moment #7—March 3, 1931—Key's Song Made Official U.S. Anthem by Congress
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View ArticleA Celebration of Two Centuries of a Song — 4PM Live Stream
Two hundred years ago today, the “dawn’s early light” broke over Fort McHenry and illuminated a flag symbolizing resilience and courage. Two hundred years later, the song written by Francis Scott Key...
View ArticleStar Spangled Songbook Published!
Our book of sheet music and anthem history—the Star Spangled Songbook—has been published to mark the song’s 201st anniversary!The Star Spangled Songbook tells a largely forgotten story of the United...
View ArticleStar-Spangled Myth #8: Igor Stravinsky's Mug Shot &"Illegal" Anthem
MYTH #8: A mug shot offers proof of composer Igor Stravinsky’s arrest by the Boston Police for desecrating a national symbol after conducting a performance of his own arrangement of “The Star-Spangled...
View ArticleAbolitionist Star Spangled Banner —"Oh Say, Do You Hear?" (1844)
In the 19th-century, the music and words known today as the national anthem of the United States —”The Star-Spangled Banner”—was deeply associated with American identity but just one of many patriotic...
View ArticleBand Music of Alton Augustus Adams—Free Downloads
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (1889–1987) was a pioneering performer, composer, educator, and author who advanced the band culture of the Virgin Islands. A flutist and piccolo player, he founded the Adams...
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