BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Francis Scott Key UID:2008-05-18-13-28-32-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=8;BYMONTHDAY=1 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250801 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250802 DTSTAMP:20260315T204551 CATEGORIES:1812 War People LOCATION:Carroll County\, Maryland GEO:39.5423418;-77.0564464 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

Francis Scott Key (1779- 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet best known for writ ing the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the U nited States. He wrote the poem in 1814 after witnessing the British bomba rdment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Moved by the sight of the A merican flag still flying after the attack, he penned the verses originall y titled "Defence of Fort M'Henry." The poem was later set to music and of ficially adopted as the national anthem in 1931. Key also served as a U.S. attorney and held strong views on religion and law, though his legacy is complicated by his support of slavery.

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DESCRIPTION:Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was an American lawyer\, author\, and amateur poet best known for writing the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner\," the national anthem of the United States. He wrote the poem in 1 814 after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Wa r of 1812. Moved by the sight of the American flag still flying after the attack\, he penned the verses originally titled "Defence of Fort M'Henry." The poem was later set to music and officially adopted as the national an them in 1931. Key also served as a U.S. attorney and held strong views on religion and law\, though his legacy is complicated by his support of slav ery.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/1,6057-francis- scott-key?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR