This song and its tune pre-dates the Revolution, but it's estimated by my hyper credible sources (Wikipedia) that the current version we know today was written around the times of the war, like 1775-6. By Edward Bangs
@@broodbassoon105 as of now yes, but it is one of the oldest democracies and is one of the best democracies, i guess the uk would be a better example or germany, or heck even ireland
