Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

In 1917, Woodrow Wilson asked for a standardized version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" since there were so many different ones.

And the Department of Education appointed five men to standardize it

Mr. Damrosch, Mr. Earhart, Gantvoort, Sonneck, and Sousa.

APPRAISER

John Philip Sousa.

GUEST

John Philip Sousa. They each wrote what they felt that particular measure should be. They went back and voted as to which they felt should be the final version. And the way I got it was that my father was taking music theory classes with Dr.

Gantvoort.

APPRAISER

Gantvoort.

GUEST

Dr. Gantvoort gave this copy to my father as a gift.

APPRAISER

It's hard to determine whether each of them had gotten a manuscript or not. We may never know. We could put an auction estimate in the $10,000 to $15,000 range.

GUEST

Wonderful.