What is the name of the national anthem?

What is the name of the national anthem?

• A. The Star-Spangled Banner
• B. America the Beautiful
• C. God Bless America
• D. My Country, 'Tis of Thee

Answer: (A)

Recognizing the official national anthem means knowing which song is formally designated as a country’s anthem. For the United States, The Star-Spangled Banner holds that title. It started as a poem by Francis Scott Key inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry after a night of bombardment in the War of 1812, and the tune is from a popular English melody by John Stafford Smith. In 1931, Congress passed a resolution designating it as the national anthem, and it was signed into law by the president. Other famous patriotic songs like America the Beautiful, God Bless America, and My Country, ’Tis of Thee are beloved and widely sung, but they have not been designated the official national anthem. The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.

Recognizing the official national anthem means knowing which song is formally designated as a country’s anthem. For the United States, The Star-Spangled Banner holds that title. It started as a poem by Francis Scott Key inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry after a night of bombardment in the War of 1812, and the tune is from a popular English melody by John Stafford Smith. In 1931, Congress passed a resolution designating it as the national anthem, and it was signed into law by the president. Other famous patriotic songs like America the Beautiful, God Bless America, and My Country, ’Tis of Thee are beloved and widely sung, but they have not been designated the official national anthem. The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.