What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, When he could see that the American flag was still flying in the morning, he wrote a poem that tells the story of his experience.
If the flag was not flying or was replaced with a British flag, it would mean that the British had captured the fort. The bombing of Fort McHenry continued throughout the night, and the American flag, the symbol of our nation, was not always visible. He was trying to secure the release of prisoners but ended up being detained and held by the British. During the War of 1812, on September 13, 1814, Key watched a night-time battle between Great Britain and America that took place in Baltimore, Maryland at Fort McHenry. The words are from a poem that was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814. The “Star-Spangled Banner” is the national anthem, or national song, of the United States.
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