What Is Francis Scott Key's Poem The Defense Of Fort Mchenry

1. Francis Scott Key
I am Francis Scott Key, a young respected lawyer that lives in Georgetown, Maryland. One night on September 13, 1814 while I was still awake I watched from Baltimore Harbor as the British bombarded Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. I was inspired to write a poem by the views I saw. The war continued into morning hours, it took a while for the American flag to be seen. Once I saw the American flag flying over Fort McHenry at daybreak I was so eager and wrote a poem about what I had just witnessed. I titled my poem “The Defence of Fort McHenry,” but it was commonly referred as “The Star Spangled Banner.” Soon after the poem was turned into a music, long did I know I would someday my poem would have an impact on American
The U.S was attacking us due to the fact that we were impressing sailors and more. I knew that this was a bad idea. The U.S was getting more stronger and our war with the French made us lose some of our men. I don’t even know why we are fighting the U.S if we are not going to get anything out of it. We are just wasting our time and men fighting the americans. The U.S had nine vessels when we got to Lake Erie. Five or four vessels was okay but nine against six in the fourth largest river in the North was not really fair for us. Most of us on this ship were forced to come here and fight. I knew that the U.S would defeat us this time. The other two times was just luck. Last year in July 1812 General William Hull led an army from Detroit into Canada. Hull was met by Tecumseh and a couple of his warriors which were on our side of course. Hull then surrendered. Another attempt by General William Henry Harrison was unsuccessful as well. When we were near the American ships I spotted Oliver Hazard Perry the commander of the Lake Erie naval forces. Perry probably saw us from Put-In-Bay ,Ohio in his headquarters. After a minute I heard shouting and cannon balls exploding in the air. The ship had been hit in the carvel planking (near the bottom of the ship). I took a quick glance around and I noticed that some of the top sails of a few ships were completely destroyed. This prevented the ship from moving and gave the American ships an advantage. After a few hours of war between us there was just a few of us left in the water. I knew that we had lost the Battle of Put-In-Bay and that they were going to imprison the rest of us. September 10, 1813 was the day that we the British failed to defeat the U.S in the Battle of