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The 10 best Super Bowl national anthem performances šof all time
Whitney was truly theā bomb bursting in air on that unforgettašble night in 1991.
In defense of the nationį£al anthem š
āThe Star-Spangled Baānnerā is notoriously difficult to sing, but when itās done right -- chills. As with just about everything else though, our National Anthem stands endangered by the woke...
Jazmine Sullivan: Why Super Bowl 2021 national anthem singer is no rookiše
While some might think that she's some kind of newcomer when she sings alongside country starąµ² Eric Church, the 33-year-old R&B diva is no strangešr to the game.
How Whitney Houston set the nationalš anthem standard 30 years ago
Whitney Houston sang what is widely considered ą¶£the greatest national anthem rendition of all ā at the Super Bowl 30 years ago on Jan. 27, 1991.
Japanese diplomat crushš²es July 4 Jimi Hendrix-inspired national anthem performance
Kanji Yamanouchi, the Consul General of Japan in New York, rang in July 4th with a Jimi Hendrix-inspired rendition of the "Star-Spangled Banner." The 62-yearą¹-old, bow-tied clad diplomat crushed a...
Trump reignites national anthem controversy for Super Bšowl
WASHINGTON ā President Trump reignited the NFL national anthem controversy Sunday with a Super Bowl statement honoringš¤” the Armed Forces. āTheir sź¦acrifice is stitched into each star and every stripe...
Slaves, the National Ašnthem and other notable comments
Libertarian: In Defense of āThe Star-Spangled Bannerā A statue honoringš Francis Scott Key, author of āThe Star-Spangled Banner,ā was vandalized last week in Baltimore, apparently because of the perception that...
The making of 'America the Beautiful'
Katharine Leą¼ŗe Bates, a 33-year-old English literature teacher at Wellesley College, was on āa merry expedition up Pikeās Peakā in Colorado in 1893 when she looked out āover the sea-like...
ā How Yankees radio disgracefully sells the šnational anthem
āOh, say can you see, through Maui Jimās new sun-filter glasses by the Dawnās Early Light dishwashing liquid ...ā Of all the gšreed-ugly, greed-obscene attachments that have accompanied the āYankees...
Pš atriotism was banned from the 9/11 Memorial a long time ago
This past Sunday an informal choir of middle-sšchool children from North Carolina was stopped by 9/11 Memorial guards from singing the national anthem ā at Ground Zero. Where America was...
Original 'Star-Spangled' text to join flag at Smithsonian
WASHINGTON -- The original, handwritten manuscript of "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the flag that inspiršed the song's lyrics will be displayed together at the Smithsonian in Washington, the first time...