But in all seriousness u/Zromrlhzrd, you got a point. Our official national anthem is The Star Spangled Banner. We didn't really have an anthem until Congress made The Star Spangled Banner our anthem in 1931.

What if we first copied Britain and it pissed them off, but when the crown took over USA Inc, they decided to use it in instances as a nod to laugh in our faces?

There's no lyrics to the orchestrated version of the song...so it literally COULD be either or... 😬

Edit: Looks like The Guardian had to clarify it for the UK readers too.

• Not the first time the UK viewers were confused
• Or the second

And not the first time someone was blindly mocked when pointing it out.

I think you are really on to something here...

But in all seriousness u/Zromrlhzrd, you got a point. Our official national anthem is The Star Spangled Banner. We didn't really have an anthem until Congress made The Star Spangled Banner our anthem in 1931.

What if we first copied Britain and it pissed them off, but when the crown took over USA Inc, they decided to use it in instances as a nod to laugh in our faces?

There's no lyrics to the orchestrated version of the song...so it literally COULD be either or... 😬