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Francis Scott Key. 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.
Mar 26, 2024 · Francis Scott Key was born on August 1, 1779, in Frederick County, Maryland, to a wealthy clan on the Terra Rubra plantation. He was educated at home until age 10 then attended an Annapolis ...
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Apr 16, 2024 · Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, best known as the author of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”. Key was born into an affluent family on an estate called Terra Rubra. At age 10 he entered St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, from which he graduated in 1796. An.
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Mar 27, 2024 · Now, 210 years later, Key is at the center of renewed public attention. On Tuesday, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, built in the 1970s near Fort McHenry and named for Key, partly collapsed into the ...
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the " Defence of Fort M'Henry ", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812 .
At the time, Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old Washington lawyer and writer of occasional verse, found himself detained on a British ship within sight of the fort.
Attorney Francis Scott Key witnessed the twenty-five hour bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British troopship anchored some four miles away. He had boarded the ship to negotiate the release of an American civilian imprisoned by the British, and had been detained aboard as the bombardment began. On September 14, 1814, as the dawn’s early ...
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