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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 December 2024. American lawyer and poet (1779–1843) Francis Scott Key Key c. 1825 4th United States Attorney for the District of Columbia In office 1833–1841 President Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren Preceded by Thomas Swann Succeeded by Philip Richard Fendall II Personal details Born (1779-08-01 ...
Key House in the late 19th-century. The Key House, also referred to as the Key Mansion, was the Washington, D.C., home of lawyer and poet Francis Scott Key from 1805 to 1830. It was built in 1795 and demolished in the 1940s for a highway ramp. The Key House was built in 1795 by a real estate developer and merchant.
A painting depicting Francis Scott Key aboard the British ship HMS Tonnant viewing Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore on Sept. 14, 1814. Ed Vebell/Getty ImagesThe history wars – the ...
William Lloyd Garrison founded The Liberator, an anti-slavery newspaper, and the American Anti-Slavery Society to call for abolition. A controversial figure, Garrison often was the focus of public anger. His advocacy of women's rights and inclusion of women in the leadership of the society caused a rift within the movement.
Civil rights groups have voted to petition Maryland's government to rename the Francis Scott Key Bridge because Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was also a slave owner.
In June 1836, 22-year-old Daniel Key, the son of Francis Scott Key, was killed in a duel with a fellow Naval Academy midshipman John Sherbourne over a question regarding steamboat speed. Congressman Jonathan Cilley, a representative from Maine, was a reluctant participant. In February 1838, Cilley was killed by Congressman William J. Graves of ...
A memorial for the six victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore was vandalized over the weekend. An artist who helped create the memorial arrived Saturday morning to find ...
The monument to Francis Scott Key was commissioned by San Francisco businessman James Lick, who donated some $60,000 for a sculpture of Key to be raised in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. [1] The nation's first memorial to Key, it consisted of a sculpture of the seated Key, within a travertine monument displaying text from " The Star-Spangled ...