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Originally Posted by RU OX Alum
only the first stanza was made into the national anthem and the national motto until sometime in the 1970's was "E Pluribus Unum"
the last three stanzas are not now, nor ever were, part of the US national anthem
thanks for posting email forwards again though
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Actually, all four stanzas were included in the March 3, 1931 law signed by Herbert Hoover making the song the naional anthem. Before that it was used by the Navy (from 1889 onwards) as the official song to be played at the raising of the flag.
Key's "motto" reference isn't to the official national motto but more along the lines of a suggested one, if you will. While "E Pluribus Unum" was used on the Great Seal of the U.S. it was never made official, and in 1956 the official motto was indeed made "In God We Trust", and it remains so until this day.
And I hate cut and pasted forwarded e-mails, too.