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Who was francis Scott key?

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Francis Scott Key is an American Lawyer who was an important person in American History. Francis Scott Key was a captured prisioner on a British Boat in the War of 1812. On the Battle of Baltimor on September 13-14 1814, Key wrote a poem of what he saw and soon became the National Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner).

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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) was a US lawyer and poet who wrote the poem that would become the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner.

Key wrote the poem Defence of Fort McHenry after observing the battle during the War of 1812. He was aboard a British truce ship overnight after arranging for a prisoner to be released from the British fleet off Baltimore. The poem was set to music at the suggestion of Key's brother in law, judge Joseph Nicholson, and eventually renamed.

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Frances was a young American lawyer and is very well known for writing the '' Star Spangled Banner '' or also known as the '' National Anthem ''.

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Francis Scott Key was a natural born American citizen. He penned the words to the "Star Spangled Banner" in 1814 as the British were attacking Ft. McHenry in Maryland.

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wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" after observing the British attack on Fort McHenry.

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Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to The Star Spangled Banner. He did not write the music, it was an old song.

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