Where did Scott Key write the words to the Star Spangled Banner?

Answer 1

Key was a member of a prisoner exchange commission that was meeting with the commanders of a British fleet to discuss an prisoner exchange. After the discussion Key and his fellows were detained on their own ship, so that they could not report British strength to the American forces. So Key watched the bombardment of Fort McHenry from on board a ship in the Baltimore harbor. Whenever the smoke cleared, he could catch a glimpse of the flag flying over the fort. Which he described in his poem as the the star-spangled banner. Sept 13, 1814 On September 3, 1814, Francis Scott Key and John S. Skinner, an American prisoner-exchange agent, set sail from Baltimore aboard the ship HMS Minden flying a flag of truce on a mission approved by U.S. President James Madison. Their objective was to secure the release of Dr. William Beanes, the elderly and popular town physician of Upper Marlboro, a friend of Key’s who had been captured in his home. Beanes was accused of aiding in the arrest of British soldiers. Key and Skinner boarded the British flagship, HMS Tonnant, on September 7 and spoke with Major General Robert Ross and Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner, while they discussed war plans. At first, Ross and Cochrane refused to release Beanes, but relented after Key and Skinner showed them letters written by wounded British prisoners praising Beanes and other Americans for their kind treatment. Because Key and Skinner had heard details of the plans for the attack on Baltimore, they were held captive until after the battle, first aboard HMS Surprise, and later back on HMS Minden. After the bombardment, certain British gunboats attempted to slip past the fort and effect a landing in a cove to the west of it, but they were turned away by fire from nearby Fort Covington, the city's last line of defense. During the rainy night, Key had witnessed the bombardment and observed that the fort’s smaller "storm flag" continued to fly, but once the shelling had stopped, he would not know how the battle had turned out until dawn. By then, the storm flag had been lowered, and the larger flag had been raised. Key was inspired by the American victory and the sight of the large American flag flying triumphantly above the fort. It inspired him to write a poem about the incident that would later be put to music and become our National Anthem. Aboard the ship the next day, Key wrote a poem on the back of a letter he had kept in his pocket. At twilight on 16 September, he and Skinner were released in Baltimore. He finished the poem at the Indian Queen Hotel, where he was staying, and he entitled it "Defence of Fort McHenry." The larger flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, came to be known as the Star Spangled Banner Flag and is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a treasure of the Smithsonian Institution. It was restored in 1914 by Amelia Fowler, and again in 1998 as part of an ongoing conservation program. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and the President in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931, which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. The above information was taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

Answer 2

Waiting in the predawn darkness Francis Scott Key saw that the flag was still there. After a battle in 1814. He wrote the poem on a boat and his brother in law published it and spread it through the georgetown area

Answer 3

It was actually written in 1814 after the battle of Fort McHenry. The fort was bombarded by the British Navy in 1812 and Francis Scott Key, who wrote the poem, was at the battle.

It became the National Anthem on March 3 1931 by Congressional vote and then signed into law by President Hoover.

Answer 4

Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner during the War of 1812.

He wrote it while he watched the battle at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. He watched cannons bursting in the air. Then, he realized that when the cannons were exploding, "our flag was still there."

Answer 5

Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner during the war of 1812, when the Americans (from the newly made USA) fought the British (Colonists in North America now Canada). He wrote the song when the British came to the USA and fought the battle of Washington and Baltimore, where the White House and other buildings were burnt down. I hope this helped:)

Answer 6

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY WROTE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON A BOAT

Answer 7

during the civil war he saw the flag flying so he knew that the Americans won so he wrote a poem later it became a song then it was the national anthem

Answer 8

War of 1812

Answer 9

it was written on an english warship off the coast of fort McHenry/baltimore

Answer 10

Revolutionary war