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  2. Star-Spangled Banner (flag) - Wikipedia

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    These words were written by Key and set to the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven", a popular song at the time, by John Stafford Smith. In 1931 the song became the national anthem of the United States. More broadly, a garrison flag is a U.S. Army term for an extra-large national flag that is flown on Sundays, holidays, and special occasions. [1]

  3. The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia

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    "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.

  4. Timeline of the flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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    1963 – American Flag placed on top of Mount Everest in the Himalayas in Nepal, by Barry Bishop. 1968 – Adoption of Federal Flag Desecration Law (18 U.S.C. 700 et seq.) – Congress approved the first federal flag desecration law in the wake of a highly publicized Central Park flag burning incident in New York City in protest of the Vietnam War.

  5. Flag of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first official flag resembling the "Stars and Stripes" was the Continental Navy ensign (often referred to as the Continental Union Flag, first American flag, Cambridge Flag, and Grand Union Flag) used between 1775 and 1777. It consisted of 13 red-and-white stripes, with the British Union Flag in the canton.

  6. Marines' Hymn - Wikipedia

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    The " Marines' Hymn " is the official hymn of the United States Marine Corps, introduced by the first director of the USMC Band, Francesco Maria Scala. Its music originates from an 1867 work by Jacques Offenbach with the lyrics added by an anonymous author at an unknown time in the following years. Authorized by the Commandant of the Marine ...

  7. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    A U.S. flag was first raised atop Mount Suribachi soon after the mountaintop was captured at around 10:30 a.m. on February 23, 1945. [9] Raising the First Flag on Iwo Jima by SSgt. Louis R. Lowery, USMC, is the most widely circulated photograph of the first flag flown on Mt. Suribachi. [citation needed]

  8. The 'Appeal to Heaven' flag involved in Alito controversy ...

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    An “Appeal to Heavenflag was flown last summer outside Alito’s beach vacation home in New Jersey, according to the New York Times, which obtained several images showing it on different ...

  9. History of Christian flags - Wikipedia

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    The Christian Flag and Ecuadorian Flag being carried in a parade. In the beginnings of ecumenical movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, [ 6] the Christian Flag was first conceived on 26 September 1897, at Brighton Chapel on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York in the United States.