There are typically no “bombs bursting in air” when high school football players across the country are on the field, but there are ample red glares during a Beaver Stadium pregame.
The topic of “The Star-Spangled Banner” being played at collegiate sporting events, and specifically at Penn State, is deserving of review.
Adopted as the national anthem in 1931, Francis Scott Key’s patriotic anthem is a routine introduction to sports games of all kinds across the United States.
As athletes such as Colin Kaepernick have knelt during the national anthem in protest of the systemic oppression of Black people and people of color in the U.