Mr. Lanham Revisited: July 3, 1926

Congress urged to adopt national anthem

It was the same-old-same-old for Mr. Lanham today. He cut some flowers for the store, where business was “light” but no worse than the same day in 1925.

Perhaps he had time to peruse the Atlanta Constitution, which had a story about a Maryland congressman urging his colleagues to declare “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem. His request came af…