According to a contemporary listener quoted in this biography, Francis Scott Key was tone deaf and “could not tell one tune from another.” He was inspired to write the words to “The Star-Spangled ...

Just in time for the 200th anniversary of the writing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key, comes a newly published Key biography written by Virginia author Marc Leepson. “What So ...

25 Years Ago: Key Biography is Again Available — The story of Francis Scott Key, “Spangled Banner,” the first full length biography of the writer of our National Anthem, has been reprinted as a ...

Francis Scott Key, Frederick’s most notable citizen, was maligned by the article in the Aug. 24 News-Post attributed to a Baltimore Sun writer who comments on a new biography of Key and “the more ...