VRA'SCIS RCO'JT KI5Y. rue dblovbd wniTn or ourt NATIONAL SONO, Itow ll law lo Kill thi. aiar rl,aitflt Marnier (Inmpettrl p frit n.M Ilia ltim.l.r.liiiiil ut IlifiJ . t a llmUl lltlllali OapUln. ..ii V IIANOIB in A KKY. Ihe author of I i-Hl 'The Star Spangled "311i,; (Tu Itanner," waa born I aa V 1 In Iedetlek Coun lUXtTn y MrllMl. on mZZZ.L xm- '" II Z "ljl ' Inwyer and BljejaWWn lb n of an of- i- V Honary army II was grail un tod from It John College lu 17M. He waa afterwarJ district attorney for Ihe District of ColumblA. Key wrote the celebrated eong under peculiar conditions. condi-tions. In IIH, when tho llrlllih attacked at-tacked Washlmton, Key matured n plan to releaao hU friend, I)r William Ileonea, who bad been captured by the enemy President Madiaon gare him a rel ami rent an ngeat for tbo ex change of prisoners wllh lb lawyer The llrlllih commander eensentad to the release on the condition that the American party should mo tho bombardment bom-bardment nf llallluwiro Thla waa tho moat brutal requcet erer made by any clrlllied powpr. Ilut It hnd It retribution retri-bution In the song that It gare breath FltANCIS SCOTT KfiY to. Wheu tho bombardment km at an end tho Americans looked through Ilia smoke to see If Iho flag was still floating orer the fori. Tho ilnun as Just breaking, and the tturs and stripe wero flying In the breeio unharmed. Then Mr. Key wrote down the worda of Ihe aong that has piesrrved kl uuine for all time. Ho riled ut IUIH-more IUIH-more In 181 J.