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Subject:	Re: anthems
From:	"Edward N. Moller" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Edward N. Moller
Date:	Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:19:20 -0500
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:24:44 -0500 Ken Kretsch wrote:

> I remember this was discussed in Ken Burns's "Baseball". As near as I can
> remember, it was during the later months of WWI, when the Yanks had
> (finally) joined.  During the 7th inning stretch of a Chicago White Sox game
> the band spontaneously struck up the Star Spangled Banner. The crowd was so
> enthusiastic that they did it again the next day. and the next, and the
> next...
>
> Ken Kretsch
> BU '79

The Star Spangled Banner was not officially designated as the U.S. national
anthem until 1931.  I don't know what the anthem was at the time.

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