Klarinet Archive - Posting 000663.txt from 2001/11

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Thanksgiving Music
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 12:57:05 -0500

Come on Bill. It was 1947. You know that!

Gary

At 09:22 AM 11/25/01, you wrote:
>At 12:30 PM 11/25/2001 +0000, Tony Wakefield wrote:
>>Bill Hausmann has corrected me.
>>
>> > I don't know where you got the idea it was "unofficial." It is very much
>> > the OFFICIAL US National Anthem!
>>
>>Bill, I do apologise for this unintentional error. It was my intention to
>>look up the date of pub. of my book source before I posted, but things
>>overtook me. Arthur Acheson notes that is has been official since 1931. I`ll
>>now open my 'history' book - - - - and it says - - - - J. M. Dent & Sons
>>Ltd, 1937 - so the book must be wrong. It states that the Anthem has never
>>officially been adopted as the National Anthem, but is used by the Army and
>>Navy.
>>
>>DO YOU NOT HAVE AN AIR-FORCE THEN?
>
>As of 1937, no. The U S Air Force was created in 1949 as a separate
>branch of the service. Prior to that it was part of the Army. I served
>in the Air Force myself from 1973-1993, so I am pretty sure about
>this. You'll have to forgive J. M. Dent & Sons for that error!
>
>
>
>Bill Hausmann bhausmann1@-----.com
>451 Old Orchard Drive
>Essexville, MI 48732 ICQ UIN 4862265
>
>If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
>
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