06-20-2020, 12:10 PM
(06-19-2020, 07:52 PM)jason Wrote: It dates back to WW2 I believe.
(06-20-2020, 12:07 AM)Millhouse Wrote: I don't about the Pentagon anymore, but pretty sure they did.
But yeah, it started shortly after WW2 when the NFL commissioner required it to be played before every game, at least from what I read.
Now that I think of it, maybe it was actually airing it pre-game that the Pentagon was paying for and not simply playing it in stadium.