Francis Scott Key watches the American flag rise over Fort McHenry. Painting by Percy Moran, 1931. Picture via the National Parks Service.
Francis Scott Key watches the American flag rise over Fort McHenry. The United States Army held the fort after a 25-hour seige and saved Baltimore from the British. Key was inspired to write a poem that later became “The Star-Spangled Banner,” America’s national anthem. (Picture courtesy of the National Parks Service)
