STAR SPANGLED BANNER - Margaret Woodrow Wilson - 1915 Pan-Pac

First and Fourth stanza of the Star Spangled Banner recorded in late 1914 by Margaret Woodrow Wilson, daughter of then president Woodrow Wilson, and sold as a souvenir of the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco. Her share of royalty's were to be donated to the Red Cross.

At the time this was recorded, the Star Spangled Banner was not yet officially the American national anthem, just one of many patriotic songs used at official government functions. That did not occur until 1931.

The flip side is a medley of patriotic airs, with the label shown at the end of this video.

The 2 stanzas she sung are:

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power 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!

Enjoy!

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[78Revolutions]

fascinating record, based on its presidential ties, and seldom heard verses. Thanks alot for sharing it!!

[Eagle13Eric]

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The forth stanza of our National Anthem is just one more example of proof that most early American settlers had faith in GOD and the words of the fourth stanza (written by Francis Scott Key as a poem in 1814) led to the Congressional adoption of our National motto on our currency in 1956.

May God bless you and yours for your posting of this video. : )

[MsGedankensindfrei]

@Eagle13Eric

Francis Scott Key had been dead for quite some time when 1956 rolled out.  The incident you're referring to came about as a result of the Red Scare of the Fifties --a shameful moment in our nation 's history.

[danielmkubacki]

Play Ball!!!!!! No I love are nasinal anthum

[albanybeardguy]

I've heard several of Margaret Wilson's records (including some unreleased sides) and it is a shame- she could barely sing. Notice how the music has to sink to a whisper under her. Her personal life was a bit more interesting. In the 1930's she entered the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry India where she stayed for the rest of her life.

[Eagle13Eric]

One final note... I believe the continual denial of God in our country will only lead to the continual destruction of our country... just like the eventual destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

[Eagle13Eric]

I can't thank you enough for sharing this priceless American history audio archive.

Most Americans, including myself, have been exposed to revisionist history efforts in some form or another in our educational system and/or society.

I'm sick and tired of hearing some people say that the U.S. was not founded on Judeo/Christian principles... enough...

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