I wonder when singing the national anthem before every sport really became a thing
I bet it's more recent than it seems
Prolly like the 50s
@coriander WWI for baseball; WWII for football and other sports; NFL players weren't required to be on the field for it until 2009
@Lady Earlier than I thought, but still later than it feels given the way people talk about it
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@coriander we didn't even have an official national anthem until WWII apparently
@coriander but yeah the vibes definitely hit different with “fuck yeah let's kill the fascists” versus the Marshall Plan and everything which followed after