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Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner, worked as an attorney, wrote The Power of Literature, and Its Connection with Religion, worked as a prosecutor, then died. He currently resides in a crypt, rotting.

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He was not at Fort McHenry. Key was on a British prisoner ship in the harbor negotiating the release of a prisoner and was stuck there during the night that Fort McHenry was bombarded.

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He wrote our National Anthem. " The Star Spangeled Banner".

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He was taken prisoner by the Continental Navy.

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Francis Scott key was aboard om the ship because he was inspired

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