Changes

He did not compose the music, which is not an original score.  Instead, he simply suggested that his poem be sung to the familiar [[British]] tune, "To Anacreon in Heaven."

He did not compose the music, which is not an original score.  Instead, he simply suggested that his poem be sung to the familiar [[British]] tune, "To Anacreon in Heaven."

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that it be played at military and naval occasions, and in 1931 it became the official anthem.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered that it be played at military and naval occasions, and in 1931 it became the official [[anthem]].

On September 13, 2001, for the first time ever, the "Star-Spangled Banner" was played by order of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]] in [[London]], [[England]], during the Changing of the Guard ceremony to pay tribute to those who died during the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/14/nbrit114.xml</ref> The following day, September 14, 2001, the Queen sang the American national anthem during England's memorial service for the victims, something she had not done before with it or any other national anthem.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-steyn091701.shtml</ref>

On September 13, 2001, for the first time ever, the "Star-Spangled Banner" was played by order of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] at [[Buckingham Palace]] in [[London]], [[England]], during the Changing of the Guard ceremony to pay tribute to those who died during the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/09/14/nbrit114.xml</ref> The following day, September 14, 2001, the Queen sang the American national anthem during England's memorial service for the victims, something she had not done before with it or any other national anthem.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-steyn091701.shtml</ref>