Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem during the pregame show at Super Bowl XXV while tens of thousands of football fans wave tiny American flags in a show of patriotism during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem during the pregame show at Super Bowl XXV while tens of thousands of football fans wave tiny American flags in a show of patriotism during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

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