"The Star-Spangled Banner" was inspired there.
The Battle of Fort McHenry.
The United States of America's National Anthem is the Star-Spangled Banner, whose lyrics are from "Defence of Fort McHenry," a poem written in 1814 by the poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombing of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.September 14, 1814
1814The lyrics come from "The Defence of Fort McHenry", written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
1814The lyrics come from "The Defence of Fort McHenry", written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
The Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. British ships were bombarding Fort McHenry, where Francis Scott Key wrote the poem which would later become the national anthem.More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner
The American anthem The Star-Spangled Banner was written during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812 .
Fort McHenry
The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Fort McHenry, just outside of Baltimore, Maryland.
Fort Mchenry !
It wasn't really written in a war, but it was written about one. The War of 1812
Fort McHenry.