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Francis Scott Key wrote the poem when he witnessed the British attack Fort McHenry. The commander had earlier demanded a flag so big that the British could clearly see it. Key was a lawyer that was detained on a British ship, and the next morning he could still the flag standing there, that is when he wrote the famous poem. It later became the national anthem we all know today.

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