Pennsylvania Statutes Title 44 P.S. Legal Holidays and Observances § 27. National Anthem Day

The Governor shall annually issue his Proclamation designating and setting apart September fourteenth as National Anthem Day and calling upon the people of the Commonwealth, the public schools and other educational institutions, and patriotic and veterans' organizations to observe the anniversary of the composition of the Star Spangled Banner during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812 with appropriate exercises, and otherwise, to the end that the memory of the services rendered by the patriots in the armed forces of the United States in that conflict may be perpetuated, as exemplified in the national anthem “The Star Spangled Banner”.