It was performed at the first World Series in 1903 in Boston. The anthem was first played at a professional sporting event in 1862 in Brooklyn, N.Y., where a band had been hired to celebrate the opening of a new baseball stadium.
Since then, Key’s lyric has been translated into more than a dozen languages. During the Civil War, Union supporters used a German translation of the song to recruit German-speakers to volunteer for the militia.Before it was named “The Star-Spangled Banner,” it was titled “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” The name we know today appears in the first sheet music imprint published in October/November 1814 and helped broaden the appeal of the song to the entire nation.We are currently in the midst of its bicentennial year. “The Star-Spangled Banner,” as Francis Scott Key’s song is now known, was written in mid-September 1814 to celebrate the defeat of the British navy at the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812.
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