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Francis Scott Key ( August 1, 1779 - January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer and amateur poet. He is buried in Frederick, Maryland and is an alumnus of St. John's College, Annapolis.
During the War of 1812, Key was detained on a British ship during the battle for Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland harbor. Upon seeing the US flag still flying at dawn, he was inspired to write a poem celebrating the American victory. His poem, 'The Defence of Fort M'Henry', was later added to the existing music "Anacreon in Heaven" by the English composer John Stafford Smith, but the combination came to be known simply as The Star-Spangled Banner. Under this name, the song was adopted as the American national anthem in 1931.
Key was a collateral ancestor of F. Scott FitzgeraldCarl Van Vechten, 1937 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald ( September 24, 1896- December 21, 1940), was a Jazz Age novelist. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th Century. The self-styled spoke. His direct descendants include the 1960s style icon Pauline de Rothschild and fabled Vogue editor in chief Diana VreelandAndy Warhol's Interview magazine''. Diana Vreeland ( July 29, 1906, Paris, France August 22, 1989) was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. Born Diana Dalziel, she was the eldest daughter of British father, Frederick Young Dalziel (d..
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