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The night was thick with smoke and gunfire when Francis Scott Key sat aboard a British ship, watching Fort McHenry stand defiant against the British bombardment. What he scribbled in the margins…
Read more → The Surprising Truth Behind When Was America’s National Anthem Written
The night was thick with smoke and the roar of artillery. On September 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key stood aboard a British ship, watching as Fort McHenry—America’s last bastion in Baltimore Harbor—battled…
Read more → The Star-Spangled Banner’s Birth: When Was It Written & Why It Still Echoes Today
The Battle of Baltimore raged in September 1814, British warships bombarding Fort McHenry under a blood-red sky. Inside the fort, a young lawyer named Francis Scott Key watched as American flags—some 15…
Read more → The Surprising Truth: When Was the US National Anthem Written—and Why It Changed History
