Men did not die at Normandy for the national anthem. The anthem has nothing to do with the American Revolution. It was not sung by the Founders, who did not stand for it, hands on heart. The anthem is about a naval bombardment in the War of 1812, a calamitous war which the United States did not win and which did nothing for American freedom. The US won the Battle of New Orleans, which took place after the war had actually ended, and the British burned Washington to the ground. A lot of people were killed. The song, set to the tune of a ditty about wine and women of an aristocratic British men-only club, did not become the national anthem until 1931.