At various times in the more than one hundred years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give "America the Beautiful" legal status either as a national hymn or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, "The Star-Spangled Banner", but so far this has not succeeded.
æt vˈɛɹiəs tˈaɪmz ɪnðə mˈoːɹ ðɐn wˈʌn hˈʌndɹɪd jˈɪɹz ðæt hæv ᵻlˈæpst sˈɪns ðə sˈɔŋ wʌz ɹˈɪʔn̩, pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðə dʒˈɑːn ˈɛf. kˈɛnədi ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən, ðɛɹ hɐvbɪn ˈɛfɚts tə ɡˈɪv "ɐmˈɛɹɪkə ðə bjˈuːɾifəl" lˈiːɡəl stˈæɾəs ˈiːðɚɹ æz ɐ nˈæʃənəl hˈɪm ɔːɹ æz ɐ nˈæʃənəl ˈænθəm ˈiːkwəl tuː, ɔːɹ ɪn plˈeɪs ʌv, "ðə stˈɑːɹspˈæŋɡəld bˈænɚ", bˌʌt sˈoʊ fˌɑːɹ ðɪs həznɑːt səksˈiːdᵻd.