For me, don't mention it. I believe it was the day after we were attacked on September 11, 2001 when the Coldstream Guards played The Star-Spangled Banner in front of Buckingham Palace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQOQWAKnB1Q I saw it on TV and thought that was a nice touch until my brother, a British history buff, told me that they had never publicly played it before, ever. With that demonstration of respect I won't get stampeded by a bunch of ill-behaving drunks. For some reason we, ourselves, keep inviting singers(?) to do “their” rendition, usually awful, at sporting events, but that’s just me.