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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 ...
Frank Key Howard (October 25, 1826 – May 29, 1872) [1] (also cited as Francis Key Howard) [2] [3] was an American newspaper editor and journalist. The grandson of Francis Scott Key and Revolutionary War colonel John Eager Howard , Howard was the editor of the Daily Exchange , a Baltimore newspaper sympathetic to the Confederacy. [ 4 ]
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 ...
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.
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.
Francis Scott Key (1779–1843), [2]: 227 author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" the national anthem of the United States. [25] Members of the Key family are interred in the Key family plot in the cemetery. [4]: 87 John Ross Key (1754–1821) commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key. [26]
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 Key family was a prominent political family in the U.S. state of Maryland. The most notable member of the family was Francis Scott Key , the author of the lyrics for The Star-Spangled Banner . Subcategories