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Star-Spangled Banner written

Lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while detained on a British warship during the War of 1812. The song eventually became the country’s national anthem.

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Francis Scott Key (1779–1843) was the American writer and lawyer who authored the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Banner,” the national anthem of the United States. Key was inspired to write the anthem while witnessing the Battle of Baltimore from aboard a British warship during the War of 1812.