“By dawn’s early light”: The true story behind the Star-Spangled Banner

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The Heroic Convergence of Three Unlikely Patriots

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine sits where three unlikely patriots created America’s national anthem during one terrible night in 1814.

Francis Scott Key, a lawyer who hated the war, watched from a British prison ship as enemy warships pounded the fort for 25 hours…

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