![]() ![]() President Herbert Hoover signed the measure into law the same year, making it part of the US Code (the statutes that control government actions). Only in 1931 did Congress pass a resolution affirming Wilson's order and adopting the song as the nation's official anthem. Then, in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson, through an executive order, authorized its use in official state functions. The poem was written in 1812, after Key witnessed the Battle of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, but it was not set to music and adopted for official use by the US Navy until 1889. The US national anthem is made up of two parts, lyrics based on the Francis Scott Key poem “Defence of Fort M'Henry” and music written by John Stafford Smith.
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