Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "The Star-Spangled Banner" officially became the national anthem of the United States in 1931 when President Herbert Hoover signed ...

Every state except for one has an official song or anthem. Think you know your hometown trivia? Take this quiz to test your ...

Inside Pennsylvania's State Capitol building, lawmakers are working on efforts to adopt a new official state song. Farragutful via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 Since November 1990, ...

Every state has an ode in song. California's sandy beaches and green valleys have inspired tracks by Tupac Shakur, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Beach Boys, and, recently, Maroon 5—even if the band's ...

Pennsylvania may soon be changing its tune.A proposal to establish a new state song got a positive vote Thursday in the House of Representatives, although there was some discord.The resolution to ...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — On this Statehood Day, Tennessee is celebrating two new state songs. With these new additions, it officially has the most state songs in the country with a total of 12.

Virginia's House Rules Committee will break out the boombox this morning and listen to three candidates vying to be the state's official song. There's the anthemlike "Virginia, Ever Enshrined," by a ...