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Date: September 13, 2016 at 6:01:30 AM EDT
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Subject: 1814: Key pens Star-Spangled Banner
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1814 Key pens Star-Spangled Banner
On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key pens a poem which is later set to music and in 1931 becomes America's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner." The poem, originally titled "The Defence of Fort McHenry," was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during... read more »
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