When Whitney Houston’s National Anthem United Football, the Military, and America
Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem before a game with the New York Giants taking on the Buffalo Bills prior to Super Bowl XXV at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on Jan. 27, 1991. The Giants won 20-19. George Rose/Getty Images
In 1991, Whitney Houston sang the national anthem to open Super Bowl XXV in Tampa, Florida.
Her rendition of the song was accompanied by the Florida orchestra. The Gulf War had started not long before that. Military men stood proud and F-16 fighter jets from a nearby U.S. Air Force base flew overhead—a massive display of a unified America.
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