2006-08-23 13:39:43 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Francis Scott Key
2006-08-23 13:42:13 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Francis Scott Keys
2006-08-23 20:44:48 · answer #2 · answered by Totoru 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Francis Scott Key
2006-08-23 20:44:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Francis Scott Key
2006-08-23 20:42:13 · answer #4 · answered by SoCalBeachGal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America, with lyrics written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, wrote them as a poem after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, by British ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812.
Set to the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven," a popular British drinking-song, it became well-known as an American patriotic song. It was recognized for official use by the United States Navy (1889) and the White House (1916), and was made the national anthem by a Congressional resolution on 3 March 1931.
2006-08-23 20:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Morgan M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A woman named Francis Scott Key.
2006-08-23 20:42:22 · answer #6 · answered by tina m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Francis Scott Key wrote the words. The melody is an old English folk song.
2006-08-23 20:42:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Fransis Scott Key
2006-08-23 20:42:41 · answer #8 · answered by Jacks036 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wrote it, but Francis Scott Key stole the lyrics from me.
2006-08-23 20:45:17 · answer #9 · answered by steveo88x 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
History books say Francis Scott Keys, but I bet it was really a baseball player.
2006-08-23 20:51:24 · answer #10 · answered by Punky Brewster 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋