In 1814 who wrote the poem which was originally called The Battle of Fort McHenry, now used as the words of the National Anthem of the USA?
"Burning of Washington in August 1814. This was followed by the Battle of Baltimore, when a failed British naval bombardment and barge assault on Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor and simultaneous land Battle of North Point southeast of the city on September 12-13-14th, 1814, influenced Francis Scott Key's writing of the poem that became ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", named the American national anthem in 1931. The original church on the island was called Lee's Bethel and burned down in the 19th century. A bench marking its location is in the graveyard in Canton. The present-day church on the island, Swain Memorial"
"(1798). Francis Scott Key wrote ""Defence of Fort McHenry"" during the War of 1812, while detained on a British ship during the night of 13 September 1814, as the British forces bombarded the American fort. Key specifically wrote the lyrics with this familiar patriotic tune in mind, just as he had done with an earlier set of his lyrics, ""When the Warrior Returns"", in which he had made similar use of ""star-spangled banner"" imagery. Later retitled ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", Key's lyrics, set to Stafford Smith's music, became a well-known and recognized patriotic song throughout the United States, and was officially"
"was flying over the fort at daybreak on September 14, 1814, after the British had ceased firing on the fort. A diary entry from a British sub-altern on board ship and recently returned from the North Point battlefield, George Glebe, described that sunny morning when the Americans at the distant fort ""fired their (""wake-up"") morning gun salute and raised a splendid ensign"" over the battlements. While negotiating a prisoner exchange aboard a British ship, Francis Scott Key saw the flag, and this inspired him to pen the words to the poem ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"" that later became the"
"would be later memorialized by Francis Scott Key in the poem ""The Star Spangled Banner"", which later became the American national anthem. During the nearly 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry, commencing before dawn on September 13 until the morning of September 14, 1814, Armistead alone knew the fort’s magazine was not bombproof. When a shell crashed through the roof of the magazine but failed to explode, Armistead ordered the powder barrels cleared out and placed under the rear walls of the fort. Remarkably, only four men were killed, when two shells smashed into the fort's southwest bastion, despite a deadly"
"the British attack on the fort. When Key saw the flag emerge intact in the dawn of September 14, he was so moved that he began that morning to compose the poem ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"" that was later set to the tune ""To Anacreon in Heaven"" which would later be renamed ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" and become the United States' national anthem. During the American Civil War the area where Fort McHenry sits served as a military prison, confining both Confederate soldiers, as well as a large number of Maryland political figures who were suspected of being Confederate sympathizers. The"
"Fort McHenry and two smaller forts to the west, batteries Covington and Babcock. The British fought back strongly with cannon and rockets. (Watching the battle from a safe distance, Georgetown lawyer and poet, Francis Scott Key who had been attempting to free a Prince George's County doctor, arrested earlier for jailing British army deserters, William Beanes, was inspired to compose the poem, ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"", which was later set to music as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", (the later American national anthem). Eventually American firepower prevailed; Napier was compelled to retire to the warships with substantial casualties, and Cochrane’s fleet"
"""Defence of Fort McHenry,"" after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. Once again, owing to the origin of America from British nationals, the lyrics were later set to music common to British and American sailors, but eventually became world-famous as ""The Star-Spangled Banner,"" and was designated the United States' official national anthem in 1931. After centuries of struggling and fighting ""hostile"" Indians, diseases, and nature, Americans had breached the Appalachian mountain chain and pushed into the wide open areas of the far west. Thus, songs such as ""My Country, 'Tis of"
"Atlantic. But the melody, if not the original lyrics, would acquire even greater fame after Francis Scott Key, an attorney, wrote ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"" while detained on a British ship during the night of September 13, 1814, as the British forces bombarded the American Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. The song, consisting of Key's text ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"" and Smith's tune ""The Anacreontic Song"", is today known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", the national anthem of the United States of America. Anacreontic Society The Anacreontic Society was a popular gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London founded"
"a Spanish-language version from 1919. It has since been translated into Hebrew and Yiddish by Jewish immigrants, Latin American Spanish (with one version popularized during immigration reform protests in 2006), French by Acadians of Louisiana, Samoan, and Irish. The third verse of the anthem has also been translated into Latin. With regard to the indigenous languages of North America, there are versions and Cherokee. The Star-Spangled Banner ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and"
"stated in a speech in 1815 that the Treaty of Ghent was ""the glorious termination of the most glorious war ever waged by any people"", is the way that most Americans remembered the war. Another memory is the successful American defence of Fort McHenry in September 1814, which inspired the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". The successful captains of the U.S. Navy became popular heroes with plates with the likeness of Decatur, Issac Hull, Charles Stewart, and others becoming popular items. Ironically, many were made in England. The navy became a cherished institution, lauded for the"
"the fort and penetrate the harbor, the attack was ended, and on the morning of September 14, when the battered flag still flew above the ramparts, it was clear that Fort McHenry remained in American hands. This revelation was famously captured in poetry by Key, an American lawyer, and amateur poet. Being held by the British on a truce ship in the Patapsco River, Key observed the battle from afar. When he saw the Garrison Flag still flying at the dawn of the morning of the 14th, he composed a poem he originally titled ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"". The poem"
"""The Defence of Fort McHenry"" to what later became ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", when set a few days later to a musical tune popular with an old English gentlemen's society from the 18th century. It gained increasing popularity over the next 117 years, accepted by American armed forces bands by the 1890s and eventually proclaimed the national anthem of the United States by act of Congress, signed by the President, Herbert Hoover in 1931. Commemorations of the day of the victory, centering on Stricker's stand east of the city, began in the years shortly after the War. During the mid-19th century,"
"Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. The poem would eventually be set to the tune of ""To Anacreon in Heaven"" and become the national anthem of the United States. Erected by the Barbara Fritchie Memorial Association in September 1914, it was unveiled as part of the ceremonies of the Star Spangled Banner Centenary. The monument is a large granite obelisk bearing a tablet containing John Greenleaf Whittier's 1863 poem ""Barbara Fritchie"". Above the tablet is a medallion created by the New York City sculptor James E. Kelly that depicts Fritchies profile, executed from an"
"rebuilt in brick and stone in 1813, (replacing first playhouse built of wood in 1795), designed by famous local architect Robert Cary Long, with a front facade in stone of Greek Revival style which was the most notable playhouse in Baltimore for decades. It is said that the first public singing of the future National Anthem reputedly by Ferdinand Durang, (c.1785-1831), occurred on the stage here in late September 1814, near the end of the War of 1812, when the poem of """"The Defence of Fort McHenry"""" written by American Georgetown lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key, when he"
"USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) USS ""Francis Scott Key"" (SSBN-657), a ballistic missile submarine, was the only submarine of the United States Navy to be named for Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet who wrote the poem ""The Defense of Fort McHenry"", which became the words to the United States' national anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"". During WW 2 there was a liberty ship USS Francis Scott Key 0016 The contract to build ""Francis Scott Key"" was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 29 July 1963 and her"
"September 1314,1814. At dawn, Key was able to see an American flag still waving. Back in Baltimore and inspired, Key wrote a poem about his experience, ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"", which was soon published in William Pechin's ""American and Commercial Daily Advertiser"" on September 21, 1814. He took it to Thomas Carr, a music publisher, who adapted it to the rhythms of composer John Stafford Smith's ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", a popular tune Key had already used as a setting for his 1805-song ""When the Warrior Returns"", celebrating U.S. heroes of the First Barbary War. (Key used the ""star-spangled"" flag"
"Star-Spangled Banner (flag) The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"", which, retitled with the flag's name from the closing lines of the first stanza and set to the tune of ""To Anacreon in Heaven"" by John Stafford Smith, later became the national anthem of the United States. In Baltimore's preparation for an expected attack on"
"outside the eastern outskirts of town on the ""Patapsco Neck"" on September 12, at the Battle of North Point, then on the night of September 13–14, 1814. United States forces from Fort McHenry successfully defended the city's harbor from the British. Francis Scott Key, (1779–1843), a Maryland lawyer from Georgetown and Frederick, was aboard a British ship where he had been negotiating for the release of an American prisoner, Dr. William Beanes. Key witnessed the bombardment from this ship and after seeing the huge American flag on the morning of September 14, 1814, he wrote ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", a poem"
"designated as the U.S. national anthem on 3 March 1931. The setting of new lyrics to an existing tune is called a contrafactum. To Anacreon in Heaven ""The Anacreontic Song"", also known by its incipit ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem ""Defence of Fort McHenry"". The combination of Key's poem and Smith's composition"
"download an audio-descriptive tour of the exhibition for the visually-impaired, and hear the song performed on original instruments from the National Museum of American History's collection. Star-Spangled Banner (flag) The Star-Spangled Banner, or the Great Garrison Flag, was the garrison flag that flew over Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor during the naval portion of the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. Seeing the flag during the battle inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem ""Defence of Fort M'Henry"", which, retitled with the flag's name from the closing lines of the first stanza and set to the tune"
"Holliday Street visible behind the stands showing the famed Holliday Street Theatre, where in November 12, 1814, the new poem by Francis Scott Key, (1779–1843), ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"" was first performed on the stage and next door (to the north), Prof. Knapp's School [attended by famed writer/author/editor H. L. Mencken in the 1880s and the townhouses where the Loyola College and Loyola High School were founded in 1852, just to the left (south) next to the theatre was the vacant lot formerly housing the Theatre Tavern where the new song the ""Star-Spangled Banner"" was often sung to the"
"commemorate ""Defenders' Day"" (a city, county, and state official holiday) of the British attack on Baltimore. The ""rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air"" were lines of a poem, titled ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"", that soon appeared on printed broadsheets and handbills (from the offices of the ""Baltimore American"") all around town and was soon published in the ""Baltimore Patriot"". It was written by the noted poet and lawyer Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), of Frederick and Georgetown, who had witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the truce ship ""Minden"" anchored downriver on the Patapsco River (probably off"
"care they received from Dr. Beanes. The British agreed to release Beanes, but Key and Beanes were forced to stay with the British until the attack on Baltimore was over. Key watched the proceedings from a truce ship in the Patapsco River. On the morning of the 14th, Key saw the American flag waving above Fort McHenry. Inspired, he began jotting down verses on the back of a letter he was carrying. Key's poem was originally named ""Defense on Fort McHenry"" was printed on pamphlets by the ""Baltimore American"". Key's poem was later set to the tune of a British"
"Carroll Jr. now on the Johns Hopkins University campus, was first insured. When the owner cancelled this policy in 1866, the Society refunded the entire original payment. Then in 1903, when Johns Hopkins University acquired the mansion, the university insured it again. The Society was an eyewitness to the tumultuous times which the nineteenth century presented to the nation. In 1814, the British burned Washington and turned toward Baltimore where they intended to do the same. Francis Scott Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the harbor where he penned the poem which became our national anthem. Six months"
"States Constitution. Afterwards, he was appointed United States Secretary of War (1796–1800), serving under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. Beginning at 6:00 a.m. on September 13, 1814, British warships under the command of Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane continuously bombarded Fort McHenry for 25 hours. The American defenders had 18-, 24- and 32-pounder () cannons. The British guns had a range of , and the British rockets had a range, but neither guns nor rockets were accurate. The British ships were unable to pass Fort McHenry and penetrate Baltimore Harbor because of its defenses, including a chain of 22 sunken"
"the militia (which led to the burning and surrender of Washington, D.C.), and at the Battle of North Point. It was the use of ship-launched Congreve rockets by the British in the bombardment of Fort McHenry in the US in 1814 that inspired the fifth line of the first verse of the United States' National Anthem, ""The Star-Spangled Banner"": ""and the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air"". fired the rockets from a 32-pound rocket battery installed below the main deck, which fired through portholes or scuttles pierced in the ship's side. In Canada, rockets were used by the"
"To Anacreon in Heaven ""The Anacreontic Song"", also known by its incipit ""To Anacreon in Heaven"", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem ""Defence of Fort McHenry"". The combination of Key's poem and Smith's composition became known as ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", which was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America in 1931. The Anacreontic"
"Sr. and Col. Nicholas Rogers (ancestor owner of the estate which became Druid Hill Park) to accommodate social events for Baltimore's social elite at the Baltimore Dancing Assembly, which had begun in the 1780s. and the site of the first private library company of Baltimore. The school was next door to the famous Holliday Street Theatre, where the poem ""The Defence of Fort McHenry"", now known as the """"Star Spangled Banner"""" written by Frederick and Georgetown lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, (1779-1843), was first performed on its stage in October and November 1814, following the Battle of Baltimore,"
"a later bombardment and attempted naval barge invasion. It was during this conflict, the Battle of Baltimore, that Fort McHenry was shelled by the British Royal Navy's revolutionary newly-constructed bomb and mortar ketches warships. Although the attacking fleet stayed out of the shorter range of McHenry's artillery, the Americans refused to surrender, and inspired Maryland lawyer and amateur poet from Frederick named Francis Scott Key, (1779-1843), after witnessing the two days' attack with two companions from an American truce ship anchored and guarded along the sidelines of the enemy fleet. Key composed the words of a four stanza poem entitled"
"of Francis Scott Key, whose poem ""Defense of Fort McHenry"" was set to music as ""The Star-Spangled Banner."" Key has commented that he ""think[s] it's a despicable thing that someone is going into our society from another country and ... changing our national anthem."" During a press conference on 28 April 2006, President George W. Bush commented, ""I think people who want to be a citizen of this country ought to learn English. And they ought to learn to sing the anthem in English."" However, author Kevin Phillips has noted that ""[w]hen visiting cities like Chicago, Milwaukee, or Philadelphia, in"
"Point on September 12, 1814, in the War of 1812 (later celebrated as a state, county, and city holiday as ""Defenders' Day"" - simultaneous with the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the Patapsco River on September 13-14th, and the inspiration for the writing of the National Anthem, """"The Star-Spangled Banner"""" by Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843). Henry Wells and Richard McComas have historically been given credit for shooting and killing the commanding British General Robert Ross and were later both killed in the following skirmish and battle. A memorial known as the ""Wells-McComas Monument"" to the two fallen Militia Soldiers/Deputies is"
"but Lincoln had ignored the federal court ruling. Howard was initially confined to Fort McHenry, the same fort his grandfather Francis Scott Key saw withstand a British bombardment during the War of 1812, which inspired him to write The Star Spangled Banner, which would become the national anthem of the United States of America. He was then transferred first to Fort Lafayette in Lower New York Bay off the coast of Brooklyn, then Fort Warren in Boston. He wrote a book on his experiences as a political prisoner completed in December 1862 and published in 1863 titled ""Fourteen Months in"
"the ship!"". Despite their earlier successes, by 1814 many of the Navy's best ships were blockaded in port and unable to prevent British incursions on land via the sea. During the summer of 1814, the British fought the Chesapeake Campaign, which was climaxed by amphibious assaults against Washington and Baltimore. The capital fell to the British almost without a fight, and several ships were burned at the Washington Navy Yard, including the 44-gun frigate USS ""Columbia"". At Baltimore, the bombardment by Fort McHenry inspired Francis Scott Key to write ""The Star-Spangled Banner"", and the hulks blocking the channel prevented the"