The Star-Spangled Banner

Is Sitting Down for The Star Spangled Banner Really Standing Up? It’s Friday night and the stands of the football stadium are full. Everyone is packed together like sardines in a can. The moment comes to rise for the National anthem of the United States. Everyone is on their feet ready to listen or sing along, and some have their hand on their chest. Looking through the crowd it is obvious to onlookers that these people love their country or are at the very least, are respectful of this practice

Finally in the early hours of September 14, 1814 Francis Scott Key saw the Star Spangled Banner standing tall above Fort McHenry. The sight so inspired him that he wrote a poem entitled, "The Defense of Fort McHenry" which was published as a broadside and later set to the tune of an old British drinking song. The Great Garrison Flag that flew above Fort McHenry was the inspiration for the name "The Star Spangled Banner" and still hangs in the Smithsonian in Washington

Over the months there has been a NFL Anthem Protest here in the United States, mostly started by our newest President Donald Trump. The protest began in 2016 when quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling for the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner”. There recently has not been an issue with the standing or kneeling protest until Donald Trump made it an issue. An issue so big that has the United States shook. The question to some people does it really matter if someone stands or kneel to

They may think it is another song and do not think about the patriotic proportion to it. In the “Star Spangled Banner” it talks how the Americans were still brave and strong while fighting and making it through that rocky time. Canada’s national anthem, “O Canada”, lyrics express how they were grateful for their freedom and how they hope for it to stay free

Origins of Protest Music Protest music has always been around since the beginning of the organization of the United States and well before that. Protest music is music that has a message of change of an idea or action for the better in the artist's view. "But wars also create their unique antagonists who transform their empathy, concern, anger, and other emotions into poetry, prose, or in our time, popular music. This was particularly true of the war in Vietnam. Given this era’s unique historical

A famous sports figure in history once said, “I cannot stand and sing the anthem. I cannot salute the flag. I know that I am a black man in a white world” (McKirdy). At first glance, this quote seems to be something that would have been said by the San Francisco 49ers Quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, in light of his recent protests, as well as other sports players who decided to follow suit, to the playing of the national anthem before football games. However, this is not the case. The above quote

Standing for the flag has been something that has been around for a while. People stand for the flag at a sporting event, kids back in the day used to stand and salute the flag for the pledge of allegiance. I recently read about Forty Niners quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, story about not standing for the national anthem on military night, he was protesting for the violence against minorities and he said, “ I'm not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people

0A06 Music & the Way It Makes Us Feel "On those nights that I missed him most I listened to music" (Alexie 3086). Woven throughout Sherman Alexie 's work, "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at Woodstock,” is the theme of music. Its presence is a faint drumbeat of life, felt throughout the piece. It not only accompanies moments of sorrow, such as when the narrator listens to music while he is longing for his father, but encompasses

is the most displayed and recognized banner in the world. These flags serve as a

the status to protest. For example, these idols are losing viewers. In Article 1 it mentions “a recent poll found Kaepernick to be the most disliked NFL player”. This shows he needs a better solution to the problem then kneeling during the Star Spangled Banner to solve these issues. In addition, America has no called these issues. Also in Article