[DOC] [TLE] Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment of Fort McHenry [PAR] Now he watched helplessly as ships of the greatest navy in the world rained shot 
and shell on the little ... Key wrote his poem in 1814, in the last year of the War of 
1812. ... Fort McHenry stood between the British navy and the city of Baltimore. [DOC] [TLE] The Rocket's Red Glare: Francis Scott Key and the Bombardment ... [PAR] In 1813, he wrote a friend that he would rather see the American flag lowered in 
... By the time a large British fleet moved into the Chesapeake Bay in August 
1814, Key found he had ... They sent the men back to their small ship, which was 
kept under armed guard. Helplessly, Key watched the British bombard Fort 
McHenry. [DOC] [TLE] The Star-Spangled Banner - Wikipedia [PAR] "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of 
America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry", a poem written on 
September 14, 1814, by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott 
Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the .... 
Aboard the ship the next day, Key wrote a poem on the back of a letter he... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Baltimore - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Baltimore was a sea/land battle fought between British invaders and 
American ... The resistance of Baltimore's Fort McHenry during bombardment by 
the ... 1814, Great Britain was at war with Napoleonic France, which limited 
British war ... On 25 June he wrote to Cochrane stressing that the defenses there 
were... [DOC] [TLE] Key pens Star-Spangled Banner - Sep 13, 1814 - HISTORY.com [PAR] The poem, originally titled The Defence of Fort McHenry, was written after Key 
witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of... [DOC] [TLE] 9 Things You May Not Know About The Star-Spangled Banner ... [PAR] Sep 12, 2014 ... Watch Live ... Francis Scott Key intended his verses to be song lyrics, not poetry. 
... poem, which included a reference to a star-spangled flag, he had written ... 
which he witnessed the bombardment behind the 50-ship British fleet. ... of rain 
fell on Fort McHenry throughout the night of the Battle of Baltimore. [DOC] [TLE] Francis Scott Key - USFlag.org [PAR] He made his home there from 1804 to around 1833 with his wife Mary and their 
six ... The British had entered Chesapeake Bay on August 19th, 1814, and by the 
... Having done their work the British troops returned to their ships in and around 
the Chesapeake Bay. ... At the star-shaped Fort McHenry, the commander, Maj. [DOC] [TLE] Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Star-Spangled Banner and the War of ... [PAR] The garrison flag would soon after be raised at Fort McHenry and ultimately ... 
Britain's defeat at the 1781 Battle of Yorktown marked the conclusion of the ... 
1814, Admiral Cochrane's ships began a 25-hour bombardment of the fort. ... 
Moved by the sight, he began to compose a poem on the back of a letter he was 
carrying. [DOC] [TLE] Battles That Saved America: North Point and Baltimore 1814  The ... [PAR] Jul 16, 2014 ... From his vantage point on a British ship he watched through the rainy night as ... 
Fort McHenry is important and the most famous aspect of the battle, but there is ... 
Friends enlisted the aid of local lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, ... 
Part of the plan was a naval bombardment to reduce the harbor... [DOC] [TLE] The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner | History | Smithsonian [PAR] Mar 1, 2007 ... How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry inspired an anthem and ... On a 
rainy September 13, 1814, British warships sent a downpour of shells and ... The 
bombardment, known as the Battle of Baltimore, came only weeks ... Key's poem, 
now called "The Star-Spangled Banner," appeared in print... [DOC] [TLE] "The Star-Spangled Banner" [PAR] The flag, which flew over Fort

Question: He watched the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship & wrote a poem about it
Answer: Francis Scott Key