No Knee!
National Anthem etiquette has been trampled on by Leftist activists for far too long. They are disrespecting our country and every true American citizen.
What are we doing about it?
March 3, 1931
The U.S. National Anthem adopted into law.. No instructions were given on behavior during its playing.
June 22, 1942
Revised.
Those in uniform should salute during its playing, while others should stand at attention, men removing their hats.
Women should place their hands over their hearts when the flag is displayed while the National Anthem is being played, but only if the flag was present.
December 23, 1942
Revised.
Men and women should stand at attention and face in the direction of the music.
That revision also directed men and women to place their hands over their hearts only when the flag was displayed.
Those in uniform were required to salute.
July 7, 1976
Simplified.
Men and women should stand with their hands over their hearts and men are to remove their hats, even if a flag was not displayed and or those in uniform saluting.
August 12, 1998
Rewritten.
Clarifying that "those in uniform" and "members of the Armed Forces and veterans" were both instructed to salute whether or not the flag was displayed.
September 11, 2001 (9/11)
The custom of placing the hand over the heart during the playing of the national anthem became nearly universal.
Since 1998, U.S. Code 36 U.S.C. § 301 states that during the national anthem, when the flag is displayed, all present including those in uniform should stand at attention;
non-military service individuals should face the flag with the right hand over the heart;
members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present and not in uniform may render the military salute;
military service persons not in uniform should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart;
and members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note.
When the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
Military law requires all vehicles on the installation to stop when the song is played and all individuals outside to stand at attention and face the direction of the music and either salute, in uniform, or place the right hand over the heart, if out of uniform.
The law was amended in 2008, and since allows military veterans to salute out of uniform, as well.
36 U.S.C. § 301 is suggestive and not regulatory. Failure to follow the suggestions is not a violation of the law.
Source:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem
U.S. Code
Designation.-
The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
Conduct During Playing.-During a rendition of the national anthem-
(1) when the flag is displayed-
individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;
members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and
all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and
(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301