He was in Baltimore, and the lyrics he wrote were from actual events he was watching:
O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
francis Scott key wrote the star spangled banner during the war of 1812.
Francis Scott Key wrote the star-spangled banner.
Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner" in 1814.
He was in Maryland.
he was 20
Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner.
francis scott key wrote it in 1814
He wrote the Star Spangeled Banner.
he wrote the Star Spangeled Banner
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The lyrics came from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key.