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Lawmakers propose that sports teams be required to play the national anthem if they want state fundsThe proposal mirrors a Texas law, dubbed the Star-Spangled Banner Protection Act, that went into effect in September.
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Francis Scott Key wrote the words to the ballad after witnessing the Battle for Baltimore in 1814. According to author Steve Vogel, after it was published, Key's composition took the country by storm. But it didn't become the national anthem until more than 100 years later.