Oddbean new post about login | logout Who Was Francis Scott Key, Controversial Poet the Bridge Is Named After? From American Renaissance In the fall of 1814 — 30 years after the United States won its independence from the British Empire — the two powers were once again at war. British Royal Navy vessels, after torching government buildings in Washington, D.C., sailed up the Chesapeake Bay with plans to bombard Fort McHenry, at the entrance to Baltimore’s […] Mar 29th 2024 2:00pm EDT Source Link: https://www.amren.com/news/2024/03/who-was-francis-scott-key-controversial-poet-the-bridge-is-named-after/ Internet Archive Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20240329180708/https://www.amren.com/news/2024/03/who-was-francis-scott-key-controversial-poet-the-bridge-is-named-after/ Share, promote & comment with Nostr: https://dissentwatch.com/boost/?boost_post_id=742097