Word: anthem
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Perhaps it will be some time when the national anthem or a Harvard march is being played by the band; perhaps it will be when a line of veterans passes by on parade; perhaps it will be before the glowing fireside where old age looks out over the past,--then the memory of some humorous and forgotten incident or the thought of a friend will rise out of the obscurity of the past and lend to the mind that inward satisfaction that comes from the assurance of a youth well spent...
...Whenever the National Anthem is played at any place when persons belonging to the military service are present, all officers and enlisted men, not in formation, shall stand at attention facing toward the music (except at retreat, when they shall face toward the flag). If in uniform covered, they shall salute at the first note of the Anthem, retaining the position of salute until the last note of the Anthem. If not in uniform and covered, they shall uncover...
...should not, in being proud of our flag and our national anthem, fall to the level of the rabble, which hoots, throws stones, and riots when some slight form is omitted, not from an exalted and generous conception of the meaning of their nation and a desire to preserve its honor, but simply because, being a rabble, it loves to hoot, throw stones, and riot...
...misfortune with "America" as a national anthem is not that it is too intricate, nor too subtle, nor too martial. It partakes of all the grand simplicity of a Wesley hymn or a ballad of the people. The misfortune is that, like some other good things, it is not exclusively our own. In England it is known as "God save the king." And in the tuneful land of Germany the words people sing to it are "Heil dir im Siegerkranz, Herrscher des Volkes ganz." It would be somewhat of a pity if at some patriotic gathering Americans doffed their hats...
...certain that Keys' anthem will remain the battle song and the peace jubilation of our nation. For that some millions of our people will rejoice. It, like our ideals, is all American...