Considered by some to be the "unofficial" national anthem of the United States. Commonly sung during the seventh-inning stretch on Sundays (except at Rogers Centre fka the SkyDome in Toronto with the Jays), Opening, Memorial, Independence, and Labor Days, September 11, and in post-season Major League Baseball games, and at Yankee Stadium where it has been played at every home game since 09/11/01. After the "terror attacks" in New York, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania (uncle mikey remembers that day; do you?), the song was hijacked by a French-speaking Canadian and became a signature tune of Céline Dion, who is not heard on this tone. Kate Smith, an American, is.
