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Feb 5, 2010 · 123K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.9K. 285K views 14 years ago. 'Hail Columbia' is the entrance march or official song for the Vice President of the United States of America. ...more. 'Hail...
“Hail, Columbia,” written in Philadelphia in the closing years of the eighteenth century, became a popular patriotic song in early America and served for many years as the unofficial national anthem. Bands began to play it in honor of the vice president of the United States in the 1830s, and later it became the official song of that office.
Feb 14, 2009 · Our first national anthem: "Hail Columbia.""Hail Columbia" is now used to honor the Vice President.
President Lincoln once mentioned he had to stand up and take off his hat when "Hail Columbia" was sung. Many Europeans actually took it to be the U.S. anthem and played it accordingly. In 1889 it was played in that fashion to honor Thomas Edison as he entered the Paris Opera House.
'Hail, Columbia' lyrics - Classical Music
Hail Columbia, happy land! Hail, ye heroes, heav’n-born band, Who fought and bled in freedom’s cause, Who fought and bled in freedom’s cause, And when the storm of war was gone Enjoy’d the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. (Chorus)
Jan 29, 2024 · The song was used as an unofficial national anthem of the USA before 1931; it is now used as the ceremonial entrance march of the Vice President of the United States. Versions of Hail, Columbia, Happy Land include: Hail Columbia in The Riverside song book, 1893. Hail, Columbia, Happy Land in The Army and Navy Hymnal, 1920.
