Where was the place that the Star Spangled Banner" was written? Under what circumstances?

Answer 1

Francis Scott Key was an attorney, detained on a British ship in Chesapeake Bay. He went on board to see a client who was a prisoner of the British. The British wouldn't let him go, so as not to risk him letting the Americans know of their imminent attack on Fort McHenry.

The fort they attacked had a huge flag - one visible way out in the bay. Despite an all-night barrage of British cannon attacks from a good distance out in the bay, the flag remained visible and intact the next morning.

Answer 2

Sorry for my previous answer...this is the good one...
On Sept. 13, 1814, Francis Scott Key visited the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay to secure the release of Dr. William Beanes, who had been captured after the burning of Washington, DC. The release was secured, but Key was detained on ship overnight during the shelling of Fort McHenry, one of the forts defending Baltimore. In the morning, he was so delighted to see the American flag still flying over the fort that he began a poem to commemorate the occasion. First published under the title “Defense of Fort M'Henry,” the poem soon attained wide popularity as sung to the tune “To Anacreon in Heaven.” The origin of this tune is obscure, but it may have been written by John Stafford Smith, a British composer born in 1750. “The Star-Spangled Banner” was officially made the national anthem by Congress in 1931, although it already had been adopted as such by the army and the navy.

Answer 3

You have received two good answers. If you think about the words, you can tell it was written about an experience that lasted all night and the Flag was still there. Such a beautiful patriotic song. Hoorah for Francis Scott Key. If you are getting conflicting answers, you can get the answer by going on line and asking about history of Star Spangled Banner.

Answer 4

“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.

Answer 5

On the deck of a British ship in Baltimore's harbor during the shelling of Fort McHenry as part of the War of 1812

Answer 6

I thought it was boston, mass