Its not that she messed up the words,its how she sang it. To much theatrics for such a simple song.
As soon as I saw who was going to sing the national anthem, I knew what kind of awful mess was going to come out.
It was sad and pathetic. She has been singing it since she was 7. I agree with you, skip the flourishes and just sing it proudly like it is supposed to be. We don’t give a hoot about artistic license and there shouldn’t be any taken with OUR anthem. If she couldn’t remember the words, maybe she should write them on her hand like Sarah or use a teleprompter like Berry. Then she could just follow the bouncing ball while following the music along.