Christina Aguilera's mangling of the national anthem at the start of Sunday's Super Bowl set social networks buzzing.
Among those tsk-tsking on Twitter was Baltimore's own Enoch Pratt Free Library, reminding patrons near and far that the correct words to the anthem can be found at a branch near you: "Need to know the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner? Come to the Pratt tomorrow. We'll have it for you plus loads of books about it."
After all, the anthem has a special place in Baltimore's heart: The roots to the song about the 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry were immortalized in the poem by Marylander Francis Scott Key.
"I hope they can appreciate that the Star-Spangled Banner has its roots here in Baltimore," said Roswell Encina, spokesman for the Pratt who wrote the tweet. He also said he hoped most Baltimoreans knew the words better than Aguilera.
Read more about Christina Aguilera's mangling of the national anthem at the start of Sunday's Super Bowl
Among those tsk-tsking on Twitter was Baltimore's own Enoch Pratt Free Library, reminding patrons near and far that the correct words to the anthem can be found at a branch near you: "Need to know the lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner? Come to the Pratt tomorrow. We'll have it for you plus loads of books about it."
After all, the anthem has a special place in Baltimore's heart: The roots to the song about the 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry were immortalized in the poem by Marylander Francis Scott Key.
"I hope they can appreciate that the Star-Spangled Banner has its roots here in Baltimore," said Roswell Encina, spokesman for the Pratt who wrote the tweet. He also said he hoped most Baltimoreans knew the words better than Aguilera.
Read more about Christina Aguilera's mangling of the national anthem at the start of Sunday's Super Bowl
