Fort Mchenry facts
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Soon after the first printings of the song it was printed by 17 more newspapers. It was being printed under its original title "Defence of Fort McHenry" with a note that said, "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven".
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Francis Scott Key was aboard a British ship until the end of the bombardment of Fort McHenry. He agreed to stay aboard the ship as part of condition of release of Dr. William Beanes, and wrote the poem when he realized the next morning that the Americans had won the battle and their flag was still flying.
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The flag flown at Fort McHenry and made famous by 'The Star-Spangled Banner' was 30 foot by 42 foot wide, which is why Francis Scott Key could see it so easily
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Francis Scott Key wrote the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" while on a mission to make a prisoner exchange for Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured by the British.
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The flag that was raised over Fort McHenry is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History today. This is the flag that Francis Scott Key saw the morning after the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
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The Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the US National Anthem had only 4 American casualties and 0 British casualties
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During the US Civil War, the grandson of Francis Scott Key was imprisoned without trial in Fort McHenry.
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The "Star-Spangled Banner", when written in 1814 as a poem by Francis Scott Key, was originally titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry" and kept it's original title until it the poem was paired with music and people nicknamed it "Star-Spangled Banner" in 1916.
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Congreve rockets fired during the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1812 inspired the fifth and sixth lines of the US National Anthem.
