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The Star-Span;kd I
Oh say, can yon see by the
what bo proudly we ha
O'er the ramparts we witeh'd were so (atlanuy i
And the rockets' red glare, the bomb* bunting in sir
Give proof thro' the night thit our flag »« still the
O My does that Star-Spengled Banner yet wave
. nf the free and the h.
Hi
re dimly
What i» that which the breeze o'er the towering steep,
Aa it fitfully blows half conceals half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam nf the mortiing'a first beam,
In full ([lory reflected now shine* on the stream;
Tis the Star-Spangled Banner! O long may it sits
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is the hand that so Tauntingly swore
That the ha*or of war and the battle's confusion
A hom« >nd a country should leave u» no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul foot-steps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave;
And the Star-Spangled Banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their Inv'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with victory
:id this >.v "Mr
And the Stai
O'er the land a
Every Amer
f533W5.fci^
know* Francis Scott Key as the author of
i, which he wrote on the British frigate
¦Surprise" during the bombardment of Fort McHenry. where he
had gone to arrange for 'he exchange of prisoner*. Admiral
Cockbum received Key courteously, but as preparations had been
made for attacking the fort he was kept on board, and at early
dawn when he saw the stars and stripes still floating over the
fort he wrote the Star Spangled .Banner «.Key was bom in
Frederick County, Md.. Aug. 1st, 1TO. He was educsted at Saint
John's College. Annapolis., and studied and practiced law in Fred-
erick. In 1801 moved to Washington, died in Baltimore Jan. lllh.
1843, while on a visit 'o his son-in-law. CLThe Key mansion, his
Washington home, is still standing and is reproduced on this card
aa is also his monument, which marks the resting place of Key
and hia wife, in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland
HOME OF
Washin&ton.D.C
CUWSiCnr 8* MARKtN I 81ELFELD I
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