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(Learn how and when to remove these template messages) Fort McHenry, in Baltimore, Maryland, is a historical American coastal star-shaped fort best known for its role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy from the Chesapeake Bay September 13â14, 1814.
Key was aboard a ship in the harbor at Fort McHenry and witnessed the British bombardment of the fort in September, 1814 during the War of 1812. Key wrote the lyrics as a poem called Defence [sic] of Fort McHenry. The lyrics describe what Key saw during the attack, and especially his pride and relief and pride at seeing the American flag flying over the fort, signaling a successful defense of Baltimore. By the way, the tune is not original.