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The "Star-Spangled Banner" was written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 while he was aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant. Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor in September 1814, which inspired him to pen the poem that would later become the national anthem of the United States. The poem was originally titled "Defence of Fort M'Henry."

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