On the Friday closest to Sept. 14, Cornwall middle school students leave the building at 9 a.m. and gather at the flag pole to observe the anniversary of the “Star Spangled Banner.”
Although National Anthem Day is celebrated on March 3, the day the “Star-Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem, for the last 10 years Cornwall Middle School has paid homage to the song around Sept. 14, the day Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics.
