![]() ![]() He was a lawyer and an amateur poet who, on September 14, 1814, wrote a poem called “The Defence of Fort M’Henry” while aboard a British ship during the night-long bombardment of Fort McHenry, Baltimore. Francis Scott Key will not - and should not - appear on that list. On a list of the country’s greatest composers, you’ll find familiar names like Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and George Gershwin. Francis Scott Key did not compose “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Here are eight things that might surprise you about “The Star-Spangled Banner” and its divisive history: 1. What is less known is that the journey from poem to anthem was long - more than a century - and fraught with controversy. How and why Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that would eventually become our national anthem is a well-known American legend. ![]()
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