However, Key and Beanes weren’t allowed to leave until after the British bombardment of Fort McHenry. William Beanes, was taken prisoner by the British, Key went to Baltimore, located the ship where Beanes was being held and negotiated his release. Their next target was Baltimore.Īfter one of Key’s friends, Dr. In August 1814, British troops invaded Washington, D.C., and burned the White House, Capitol Building and Library of Congress. On June 18, 1812, America declared war on Great Britain after a series of trade disagreements. He became a successful lawyer in Maryland and Washington, D.C., and was later appointed U.S. flag still flying over Fort McHenry at daybreak, as reflected in the now-famous words of the “Star-Spangled Banner”: “And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.”įrancis Scott Key was born on August 1, 1779, at Terra Rubra, his family’s estate in Frederick County (now Carroll County), Maryland. Key was inspired by the sight of a lone U.S.
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.” The poem, originally titled “The Defence of Fort M'Henry,” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812.
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