YAHOO MUSIC EDITOR PONDERS DITCHING 'THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER'"In my hometown of Dalton, Ga., there's a confederate general Joe Johnson. Jones told the "Friends First" hosts that he believes people are "really just kind of bored and want to complain," like those calling for the replacement of the country's national anthem, Francis Scott Key's "Star-Spangled Banner." The anthem, composed by Key in 1814, became the United States' official national anthem when President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act in 1931. People fought just so that everyone in this country could have pride in that song," he noted. And, I think it's firmly our national anthem and needs to stay that way," he remarked.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2020 12:00 UTC