@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social"What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming..."
🇺🇸 #OTD in #Music #History 20 September 1814, "Star Spangled Banner" was published as a song, with lyrics by #FrancisScottKey, music by #JohnStaffordSmith. It was adopted as the US national anthem on 3 March 1931.
@jckaelin.bsky.social#AdventuresInHistory!
#OTD #TDIH #September 14, 1814: #FrancisScottKey writes the poem #DefenceOfFortMcHenry, later becomes the lyrics of the #USNationalAnthem, #TheStarSpangledBanner.
#BattleOfBaltimore #WarOf1812 #FortMcHenry #MusicSky
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@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social🇺🇸#OTD in #History 14 September 1814, #FrancisScottKey witnessed the heavy bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship in Baltimore harbour. He sat and wrote the poem "The Defence of Fort M'Henry," later set to music and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner."
@crumbsofhistory.bsky.social#CrumbsofHistory for September 13th
#francisscottkey #battleofbaltimore #starspangledbanner #nationalanthem
@crumbsofhistory.bsky.social#CrumbsofHistory for September 13th
#francisscottkey #battleofbaltimore #starspangledbanner #nationalanthem