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#OnThisDay in 1814 Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the poem "Defense of Fort McHenry" after witnessing the British attack on the titular fort while being held in Baltimore Harbor under guard of the British Navy. Key went on to set his poem to the tune of "Anacreon in Heaven" and the resulting song, The Star Spangled Banner, soon became the de facto national anthem of the new USA. It was made official in 1931 by Congress. #HistoryGetsLIT

Day 5 - #Flag #PoetryMatters #StarSpangledBanner

Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland who is best known for writing a poem which later became the lyrics for the United States' national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner“. Key was inspired upon viewing the American flag flying over the fort at dawn during War of 1812

Listen here: https://youtu.be/L3FdTKhzZWU

“O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?”

📙: https://amhistory.si.edu/starspangledbanner/pdf/ssb_lyrics.pdf

#PoetryMatters | 15: #Stars

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