By the Dawn’s Early Light
Jul 01, 2022
2 minutes
by Maureen Wolfgarth
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When Maryland lawyer Francis Scott Key took up writing poetry as a hobby, he had no idea that it would one day make him famous.
The War of 1812 (1812–1815) was two years old and escalating in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay area in September 1814 when Key received word of a friend’s arrest. Dr. William Beanes was being held
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