QUOTABLE
“Why should we have an Army, why should we have a Navy, if we want to sing some psalm like ‘Brighten the Corner Where You Are,’ or some other piffle as a national anthem?”
--Rep. John Philip Hill of Maryland testifying in 1924 before the House Judiciary Committee in support of “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the U.S. national anthem.
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