Anthem in Spanish
Re “ ‘Nuestro Himno’ Foes Say U.S. Song Should Be in English,” April 29
A group of talented Latino musicians choose to offer a heartfelt tribute to our nation and national anthem by singing it in their first (not only) language, and they get treated like they’ve committed murder. President Bush finds it unacceptable; Francis Scott Key’s great-great grandson calls it “despicable.” This despite the fact that it seems to be an American pastime to butcher the anthem at sporting events.
The anthem is too sacred, they say, to be rendered in anything other than its original language. Very well, then -- I look forward to hearing all these demagogues recite the Ten Commandments in Hebrew.
RICHARD MURPHY
Whittier
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