Did 9/11 change people's behavior during the playing of the national anthem?
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This is anecdotal, but I was taught in school in the 1970's to always stand facing the flag and put a hand over my heart for the Pledge of Allegiance or the National Anthem, unless you were in the military or scouting uniform, in which case you can salute. (This was actually a major selling point of scouting)
So this sentence from your WP link in my experience sounds about right:
On July 7, 1976, the law was simplified. Men and women were instructed to stand with their hands over their hearts, men removing their hats, irrespective of whether or not the flag was displayed and those in uniform saluting.
I can remember going to Tulsa Roughnecks games back in the late 70's and early 80's, and while it perhaps wasn't universal, pretty much everyone stopped and did this during the opening anthem. It was what you were expected to do. A lot of times, even people who couldn't see the flag (eg: in vending lines ouside the stadium bowl) would put a hand over heart.
This is all in Oklahoma though. Perhaps folks in more urbane parts of the country behaved differently.
I did interestingly find an article from 1999 about how lax folks had become in doing this though. This was of course 2 years before the attacks. So perhaps this particular public ritual was indeed at a bit of a low ebb at that point.
Blame it not so much on disrespect, said Veteran of Foreign Wars state commander Jay Bjorgo. Blame it on ignorance.
Bjorgo said a lot of people simply don't know the proper conduct when the anthem is played.
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