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Francis Scott Key and the Star Spangled Banner Legacy
The article recounts memorials to Francis Scott Key in Washington and Maryland, noting Key’s authorship of The Star Spangled Banner and detailing the flag’s creation by Mary Young Pickersgill, the Key family’s prominence, and the Flag House in Baltimore preserved as a national symbol. It highlights Key’s legal career and connections, the flag’s historical journey, and efforts to preserve the Pickersgill home as a shrine.
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Fort McHenry
Commodore Barney
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National Museum
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Philadelphia
General Washington
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Cambridge
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Scotland
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Rebecca Young
Commodore Hopkins
John Paul Jones
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