The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key - Poems
WEBFrancis Scott Key was a lawyer who witnessed the daylong assault of Fort McHenry by British troops during the War of 1812. Key saw the fort hold during the attack and was inspired to write The Star-Spangled Banner, which became the U.S. national anthem.
The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia
WEBThe 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.
Francis Scott Key pens “The Star‑Spangled Banner” - HISTORY
WEBNov 24, 2009 · On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Separating fact from fiction about 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
WEBSep 14, 2016 · Francis Scott Key would have most likely encountered the melody of “The Anacreontic Song” initially through its most popular American parody—a song written in support of the United States’ second President John …
The star-spangled banner - Maryland Center for History and Culture
WEBThe earliest extant version of Francis Scott Key's poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry," which went on to become the basis of the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
NMAH | The Lyrics - National Museum of American History
WEBO’er the land of the free and the home of the brave. Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet. Inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he scribbled the initial verse of …
A Summary and Analysis of Francis Scott Key’s ‘The Star …
WEBSep 23, 2019 · But, in a clever image, Key says that the confident footprints the British left as they marched to attack the American fort have been washed away by the blood of the British wounded and slain; it’s a neat metaphor that encapsulates the idea of arrogance being destroyed by humiliating defeat.
“The Star-Spangled Banner”, original manuscript by Francis Scott Key ...
WEBSep 15, 2022 · Image Details. After an anxious night during the British attack on Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key wrote a victory poem celebrating the Americans’ resistance. Originally titled “The Defense of Fort McHenry,” it …
The Star-Spangled Banner - US History
WEBBy Francis Scott Key. Oh, say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
“Defence of Fort McHenry” or “The Star-Spangled Banner,” 1814
WEBFrancis Scott Key evokes a number of powerful images throughout the song. How do you think Americans would have understood and interpreted these ideas in the early nineteenth century, and what themes does it reveal about the period?
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