Basic Information about Anthems

• Anthems
• Flagdom - this is a site which is commercial seller of flags which includes information about each country's anthem including the flag, an audio file of the anthem and the full lyrics.
• List of National Anthems - this is a wikipedia page but has been named as one of the top lists on the web. (See the Talk tab for this page.) The list includes links to the articles on the country, who composed the song and/or wrote the lyrics, when the anthem was adopted and midi files of the song.

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• How to Evaluate a Wikipedia Article - Wikipedia has now changed the Discussion Page to Talk Page and eliminated (in many cases) the ability to change articles. The information however about how to tell the value of the article is still current.

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