The Star Spangled Banner

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TUShe Star Spangled banner was recognized for official use by the United States Navy in 1889 and by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the National Anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931(stat. 1508, codified at 36u.s.c 301) which was signed president Herbert Hoover.
Before the "Star-Spangled Banner" it was called "The defense of Fort McHenry" Key eventually changed the name to better represent the flag and the United States, President Herbert Hoover Signed the bill that made the song the national anthem in

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