Hail Columbia

How to use Hail Columbia in a sentence

• Long may we hear old Hail Columbia, that good old national air, played on all our martial instruments!

  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene Chittenden

• I felt like giving him 'Hail Columbia,' but I restrained myself.

  The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes | Israel Zangwill

• The hint was sufficient; not only did we hear no more of "Hail Columbia," but none of the musicians ever came near the ship.

  Journal of an African Cruiser | Horatio Bridge

• Directly afterwards, two other officers rode in, and were likewise saluted with "Hail Columbia!"

  Journal of an African Cruiser | Horatio Bridge

• But we were prouder still, when, as we were going out with the throng, the band struck up "Hail Columbia."

  Barney Blake, The Boy Privateer | Herrick Johnstone