United States Congress (March 3, 1931) the 71st Congress adopted The Star Spangled Banner as our National Anthem, 36 U.S.C. Sec.170, (H.R. 14; Public, No. 823; Session III, Chap. 436.):
<1508 Seventy-First Congress. Sess. III. Chs. 436, 437. 1931. Chap. 436.-An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the composition consisting of the words and music known as The Star-Spangled Banner is designated the national anthem of the United States of America.
Approved March 3, 1931.> 1931US002
This anthem was written by Francis Scott Key, September 14, 1814, at the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The fourth verse is as follows:
<O! thus be it ever when free men shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just;
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!"
And the star spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!> 1931US003
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1931US002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Congress, March 3, 1931, adopted The Star Spangled Banner as our National Anthem, 36 U.S.C. Sec.170, (H.R. 14; Public, No. 823; Session III; 1508 Seventy-First Congress. Sess. III. Chs. 436, 437. 1931. Chap. 436.-An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America. Courtesy of Bruce Barilla, Christian Heritage Week Ministry (P.O. Box 58, Athens, W.V. 24712; 304-384-7707, 304-384-9044 fax).
1931US003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Congress, March 3, 1931, the United States National Anthem, Francis Scott Key's The Star Spangled Banner. (36 U.S.C. Sec.170). Hearings before Subcommittee No. 4 of the Committee Judiciary, 85th Congress, 2nd. Session. May 21, 22 & 28, 1958, p. 6. Tim LaHaye, Faith of Our Founding Fathers (Brentwood, TN: Wolgemuth & Hyatt, Publishers, Inc., 1987), p. 95. United States Congress. "Our Christian Heritage," Letter from Plymouth Rock (Marlborough, NH: The Plymouth Rock Foundation), p. 6. D.P. Diffine, Ph.D., One Nation Under God-How Close a Separation? (Searcy, Arkansas: Harding University, Belden Center for Private Enterprise Education, 6th edition, 1992), p. 17.