Surely one of the noblest national anthems is the Dutch. "We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing" is the hymnal wording Americans sing at Thanksgiving. I am sure the official anthem has more patriotic wording. But the melody is sublime. And if the Finns use Finlandia as their national song, that is no mean anthem. As for the U.S., if we want to make culture cool, we could adopt as our national anthem "Give My Regards To Broadway" sung by Jimmy Cagney. BTW, the county I live in is called Nassau and uses as its seal the official seal of the House of Orange and Nassau. Andrew Carlan, Nassau County, NY, USA