The British set sail for New Orleans. American Lawyer Francis Scott Key, held on a British warship for a prisoner negotiation during the frightening siege, ...

The resistance of Baltimore's Fort McHenry during bombardment by the Royal Navy inspired Francis Scott Key to compose the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which ...

28 окт. 2024 г. · Watching the bombardment from Baltimore harbour was American lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key, who was detained on a British ship throughout ...

30 июл. 2020 г. · Key served as a volunteer aide to General Walter Smith at the Battle of Bladensburg in August of 1814. Key relayed tactical information and ...

In September 1814, Francis Scott Key, an attorney and DC insider, watched the American flag rise over Baltimore, Maryland's Fort McHenry from a British ship ...

Key was in British custody due to an incident that had occurred two weeks earlier, when a 65-year-old physician, William Beanes, confronted some British ...

Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812. He was inspired upon seeing the American flag still flying over the fort at ... Francis Scott Key Monument · Key Bridge · Philip Barton Key · Philip Barton Key II

27 мар. 2024 г. · Key's role in the Battle of Baltimore In September 1814, Key led a mission to negotiate the release of American doctor William Beanes, who had ...

19 апр. 2023 г. · Key was trying to obtain the release of a prominent local doctor whom the British had taken prisoner. On September 5, he set out from Baltimore ...