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Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) [3] was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the text of the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". [4] Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812.
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Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 - January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer and poet. He is best known for writing a poem which later became the words of "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States of America. His mother was Ann Phoebe Penn Dagworthy (Charlton) and his father was Captain John Ross Key.
Mar 27, 2024 · Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge is named for a lawyer whose poem became the U.S. national anthem — but whose legacy is controversial due to his views on slavery.
Mar 26, 2024 · WASHINGTON — A major bridge that collapsed in Baltimore after getting hit by a ship is named for Francis Scott Key, who turned a wartime experience in the early 19th century into the poem...
Jul 1, 2016 · Francis Scott Key, a slaveholding lawyer from an old Maryland plantation family, wrote the song that would in 1931 become the national anthem and proclaim our nation “the land of the free.”...
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