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By seeing the American flag raised above Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland
A strong feeling of patriotism inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
He was watching a battle on a British ship (he was captured) and he saw a battle for an American fort going on. The explosions and rage he saw were inspiring, so he wrote a patriotic song.
he was a prisoner aboard a ship watching a batlle of the british and Americans, it was night so he couldn't see but with the light he had, he wrote a poem on a piece of wood descrbiging the battle, the whoole time he was wathcing the flag from all of the gunfure and cannon blast to see if it was still up or if it was being taken down for the british to rise theres
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RafaFrancis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after his direct experience of the battle that took place in the vicinity of Baltimore (MD) in September of 1814. With the British navy engaging in a sustained and otherwise fierce bombardment of Fort McHenry, which guarded the entrance to Baltimore's harbor, Key's inspiration upon seeing the American "stars and stripes" still flying in the morning sun (among other inspirations, as well) led to his now-famous composition.
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key looked through clearing smoke to see a large flag still flying after a 25 hour British bombardment of Baltimore's Fort HcHenry.
Because of this sight, he became inspired to write a poem about what he saw. Later on it was set to music and eventually the Star Spangled Banner became our national anthem. Prior to this. God Bless America was sung as our national anthem.
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Who invented the star spangle banner?
The "Star Spangled Banner" was originally a poem by Francis Scott Key titled "In Defence of Fort McHenry." Later, a popular London tavern song, "To Anacreon in Heaven" was added. Thus we have "The Star Spangled Banner."
What inspired francis Scott key to write the star spangle banner?
He was inspired by the defeat of the British attack on Baltimore, Maryland.
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What happened September 13 through 14 1814?
This is when the the bombardment of Fort McHenry took place, but little damage was done to either Fort McHenry or the British fleet. It is during this time that Francis Scott Key, while on board the HMS Tonnant wrote the Star-Spangled Banner ( The National Anthem of the United States) to the melody of an old British drinking song.
Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner and why?
The lyric was originally a poem called Defence of Fort McHenry written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. He wrote it after witnessing a British attack on Fort McHenry during the war of 1812.The melody was originally a song called To Anacreon in Heaven written in 1778 by John Stafford Smith for a London drinking club.The lyric and melody were put together by Francis Scott Key's brother-in-law Judge Joseph H Nicholson, who first published the lyric as a broadsheet. The current title was applied by Thomas Carr (owner of a Baltimore music shop), who was the first to publish the song with sheet music.
