Four days until America’s 250th Anniversary 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Independence was declared on July 4, 1776.
The U.S. Constitution took effect in 1789.
The Star-Spangled Banner was first recognized for official use by the United States Navy in 1889. On March 3, 1931, the U.S. Congress passed a joint resolution (46 Stat. 1508) making the song the official national anthem of the United States, which President Herbert Hoover signed into law.

















