Timeline of American Patriotic Songs

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Timeline of American Patriotic Songs
by Alex Cosper

1768 - "The Liberty Song" is written by Founding Father John Dickinson
1773 - John Stafford Smith writes "To Anacreon In Heaven" (the future melodic basis of "Star-Spangled Banner")
1789 - Phillip Phile composes "The President's March" for George Washington's inauguration
1798 - Joseph Hopkinson adds lyrics to "The President's March" and changes the title to "Hail, Columbia"
1812 - James Sanderson writes music to "Hail To The Chief"
1814 - Francis Scott Key writes the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1829 - President Andrew Jackson's inauguration is the first to feature "Hail To The Chief"
1831 - Samuel Francis Smith writes lyrics to "My Country 'Tis of Thee," set to music of "God Save The Queen"
1861 - Julia Ward Howe writes lyrics to "Battle Hymn of the Republic" set to 1856 music written by William Steffe
1889 - The US Navy adopts "The Star-Spangled Banner" for official use
1892 - Gilmore's band has a hit with "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1897 - John Philip Sousa popularizes his composition "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
1901 - Sousa's Band has a hit again with "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
1910 - "America The Beautiful" is first published; lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates, music by Samuel A. Ward
1914 - President Woodrow Wilson recognizes "The Star-Spangled Banner" for official use
1915 - The President's daughter Margaret Wilson has a hit recording with "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1916 - Prince's Orchestra has a hit recording with "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1917 - John McCormack has a hit recording with "The Star-Spangled Banner"
1901 - Sousa's Band has a hit again with "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
1912 - Columbia Mixed Quartet has a hit with "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1918 - Columbia Stellar Quartet has a hit with "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
1918 - Irving Berlin writes "God Bless America" as a WWI patriotic song
1925 - Louise Homer has a hit with "America The Beautiful"
1931 - Congress, President Hoover official adopt "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem
1938 - Kate Smith's recording of "God Bless America" becomes popular
1940 - Woody Guthrie writes "This Land Is Your Land"
1978 - Connecticut adopts 18th century song "Yankee Doodle" as its state song
1991 - Whitney Houston has platinum single with "The Star-Spangled Banner"