U.S. Gov. Commissioned Spanish-Language ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ in 1919

[ProSense]

FACT CHECK: U.S. Government Commissioned Spanish-Language ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ in 1919

The right wing is up in arms over a new version of the Star-Spangled Banner written in Spanish. Last week President Bush stated that “the national anthem ought to be sung in English.” Yesterday Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced a resolution requiring the Star-Spangled banner to be sung only in English:

That flag and that song are a part of our history and our national identity. … That’s why in 1931 Congress declared the Star-Spangled Banner our national anthem. That’s why we should always sing it in our common language, English.

In his press release, Alexander said the Star-Spangled Banner has “never before…been rendered in another language.”

But in 1919, the U.S. Bureau of Education commissioned a Spanish-language version of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The State Department’s website also features four-separate versions of the anthem in Spanish.

It appears xenophobia isn’t part of the American tradition.

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/02/spanish-anthem

[MADem]

1. Another gem from the "Shoot off your mouth first, do your research

later" BushCo administration!!!

[MazeRat7]

2. Saw this earlier this morning - but thanks to you too for finding it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1080432

MZr7

[MADem]

3. The BushCo National Athem (the muse has moved me!)

Oh, say can you see,
Through the BushCo dull haze,
Xenophobia rules,
And the right wing gets crazed.

Screw the hungry and poor
Fuck the aged and sick.
We can rile up the crowds,
If we make this shit stick.

Blame latinos for all
Of our nation's sad ills
We can't find Osama
Cuz he ran for the hills.

Oh say can we distract from our real problems toooodaaaaay!
Wave the flag, and spout bullshit,
And we rule one more daaaaaaay!

[flyarm]

4. great find...thank you..i will send to all hispanics i know....and a

suggestion ..to all rethuglicans..all in a snit about hispanics now doing the national anthem in spanish....maybe some of them need a history lesson!!


oh but i know they don't read books..or history...and from little lord pissy pants 2000 campaign he had the national anthem sung in spanish!!

from snotty scotties press briefing today..brought up by a so call w.h. reporter!!

k&r

fly

[MADem]

5. This needs ONE MORE vote to hit the greatest page, and it deserves

to be widely seen.

It wasn't lost on me that I heard a report today that Monkeyboy SANG the anthem in Spanish back while running for governor...I hope some netizen finds that footage!!!!!

[Faryn Balyncd]

7. Where did you see the report that Bush sang it in Spanish?

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[MADem]

8. It was on another thread, same subject

He not only had it sung either at his inaugural or at the GOP convention, by Jon Segada (??) AND he sung it himself while campaigning for governor. I think the original cite was THINK PROGRESS, or ATRIOS...

[Karenina]

6. BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: