Mary Speed Jones Mercer, Songs - United: A National Hymn

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Title:: Mary Speed Jones Mercer, Songs - United: A National Hymn
Creator:: Mercer, Mary Speed Jones.; Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.
Date Created:: 1909
Description:: United: A National Hymn is a song copyrighted by Mary Speed Jones Mercer in 1909. She wrote the words and melody, although the orchestration was written by John Philip Sousa. The orchestration includes violins, viola, trombone, clarinet, flute, drums, and bass. She hoped the song would be adopted as the national anthem, but The Star-Spangled Banner was adopted instead in 1931.
Subjects:: American fiction--Women authors Lee, Annie Carter, 1839--1862 Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807--1870 Warren County (N.C.) Women poets North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Music by women composers Sepulchral monuments
Location:: Warrenton, Warren County, North Carolina; Warren County, North Carolina
Source:: Mary Speed Jones Mercer Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina
Type:: Text
Format:: image/jpeg

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Preferred Citation:: "Mary Speed Jones Mercer, Songs - United: A National Hymn". Mary Speed Jones Mercer Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina.
Reference Link:: https://she-changed-world.cb.ncpedia.org/items/coll063.html

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