Francis Scott Key was onboard a Brittish ship during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He had been sent to negotiate with the British for the release of prisoners and was held captive the entire time.
Francis Scott Key was a poet who penned the words the Star Spangled Banner. He wrote it after observing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
The Star Spangled Banner
The Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key, a lawyer who was dining aboard a British ship with an American Prisoner Exchange Agent, trying to secure the release of his friend. He was on board the ship the night of the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore on September 13, 1814. The Fort lasted all through the night, and on September 14th, the Americans took down the tattered storm flag and raised a larger one. Key was so filled with pride that he wrote the poem, then called "The Defence of Fort McHenry
Fort McHenry In Balitmore in the war of 1812
Fort McHenry.
After the British Navy burned Washington D.C. to the ground they needed to defeat Fort McHenry. But Fort McHenry stood after the battle.
The poem, originally called "The Defense of Fort McHenry", was inspired by the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Chesapeake Bay by the British navy during the War of 1812. The American author, Francis Scott Key, was forced to stay with the British during the bombardment and thus witnessed it from across the bay. On the morning after the bombardment, he saw an American flag still flying over the fort and was moved to write the poem.
The War of 1812, during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry.
At Fort McHenry, during the British Fleet's bombardment., on Sept. 12, 1814
Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that would later become the national anthem of the United States after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1814.
Scott's poem, which was later set to music and became the national anthem, was inspired by the British bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry in 1814. The president during the War of 1812 was James Madison.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 and later became the national anthem of the United States. This poem was inspired by the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore in 1814.
Francis Scott Key was the one who witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry
He wasn't in a city. He was on a British ship outside Fort McHenry, near Baltimore. He wrote it while he was watching the bombardment of the fortress. He was inspired by, in the middle of the night, the American flag standing proudly whilst lit up by bombs bursting in the air. It was during the Battle of Fort McHenry in 1814. The British had fired somewhere between 1500 and 1800 rounds on the fort- yet the flag, and the soldiers, remained.
Francis Scott Key was onboard a Brittish ship during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He had been sent to negotiate with the British for the release of prisoners and was held captive the entire time.
Francis Scott Key was onboard a Brittish ship during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He had been sent to negotiate with the British for the release of prisoners and was held captive the entire time.