Show orwin origin CY of anthem 44 0 america origin of america end and T tim how it happened to have been written to the tune of god save the king ore are revealed in original documents in the library of the american antiquarian society in worcester mass with no thought that it would become the nat rons tons great throbbing anthem an tiem it was written literally on the spur of the moment it was first sunk sung publicly a it till in of its author records at a celebration tit nt the park street church chunh boston on july 4 1832 03 93 years ago america was composed in tile town of if andover Ando vcr mass in february IRIS 1812 by the rev kev samuel fronds Fru neli smith a well ell known new england clergyman who graduated from harvard university hersity un in the ho mass of 1820 19 with oliver wendell holmes olmes It and who hiis ns it a prominent contributor to periodical literature of its his day in a letter leter to tile the late rear hear admiral george henry preble creble V U S N whish was litter inter turned over to the american antiquarian society doctor smith wrote that on a return trip from E europe drope in 1831 a fellow voyager lounger handed him it volume of foreign national airs suggesting that lie might find it a tune among them thein to which a wholly original nul song might be composed for america one leisure tefter afternoon noon later on I 1 was looking over the book and fell lit in with the turm tun of god save the king hing wrote the clergyman 1 I took up tip my y pen and wrote the lie piece in question it was struck off at one sitting with out ell t tile the slightest idea it would ever a attain the popularity it has sinco since enjo joyed ed the original manuscript of arner ainer icil Is in the american antiquarian so socie cletys tys possession have original manuscript tile the origin of the tune of god od sac gae tile he king was ns in much dio dispute aute bior for tome rome years joins at lime it its attributed to li it was uns agreed after considerable cons lili ruble re search that lint it was air IM ii in bv lr dr livili 3 carey ron fon of the of I 1 eulif Hu lidi lif fax lit in 1710 17 10 lit in lionor honor of tile the lilith dm day tit of kimii ogeorge 11 of if england Eng 1 nl ind lind doctor carvy can MIS its coni tit lite lie alu 11 c celebrated sall S ally in ill oui ill all As early arl as IT 1771 tile lie tune lit af tal d sloe tile llie klif mils to the spirit of f tho the inns ellov in ill II i A 1 dutch song sin of if 10 oral or sl n it hii the record luv it tn ity it lil tf it the ilir league aas is cutill olet in tto Ill Lit lit hill ai ur ns its n tribute to nf f american n ships in moored otred lit fit ni in it began in god save ao tho thirteen fit UK rulf rule the thirteen states goil god save ave our st tw make us ug vict lou happy antl glorious no 0 o tyrants over oer Us god save EO our states stales the star tar spangled banner chich vies iks with america for pre me us its tile lie national song was britten bi 1 Fratic ts scott key ke it lawyer of fred erlik erick count cou rity Murl MurN nud laud during lite lie war nr of 1812 find ans us inspired by li lilt luthor tiu thor p tile the bombard mem of fort McI leury at baltimore on oil september 13 1814 key had dad left baltimore where lie he was practicing uw to go BO to the british fleet moored in the ban bai under a ting flag of truce to attempt to obtain the release of it 11 physician taken prisoner hv by the enem enemy Y the vessel he boarded n as deN destined tIned under the guns of tile I 1 he brit ish frigate surprise according to an account by rear admiral preble irel ie in the american antiquarian society clety s files and key from his precarious place on leek deck watched the terrific c bombardment of the fort which tile the british admiral boasted would be captured within a few hours ue he watched the american ring living above aboc the fort through the whole day and aunill the night prevented him it wrote the rear ad da aural in the alot he ha watched the bomb shells and nd at early dawn hla his eye was wag again greeted by the proui proudly lity waving flag of his country awoke poetic firs so vividly impressed with his experience per peri lence ence was the young maryland lawyer that he began jotting down lyrical lines upon the back of a letter amid the rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air 10 while tile the bombardment went on when the battle was over and the lag flag was belll there key in lila his room at baltimore wrote out the star spangled 11 brinner Bs inner from ills bs notes dotes some ol of 11 ilitch il 1 tell ilch scribbled in the dark were hardly legible As a critic has put it ley key wrote what lie he actually saw and felt while witnessing the conflict and vital lie felt when alien the battle was over and the tie victory won by bla bis countrymen the song was first published in a baltimore newspaper the baltimore american of september 21 1814 a week after the battle with an exola 1 I 1 1 1 i ll 11 A af i J W ja W nation of its origin and was sent over the country on broadsides broad sides on which the scene of the bombardment of fort Mell onry was depleted the air of the star spangled ban ner was ft us tin an adaptation from anacreon re in in heaven tin nn old time tune the star slur spangled banner was first suns sung avoiding according to one lie historical record when fresh froin the lie press at ii if tavern next to the lie liol Hilll hilliday day liday street theater baltimore abere players placers from baltimore show houses congre congro gated for dally military trill every eer nuni tit at that time little boll boeltz tz it soldier another account lias has it that it was afterwards aeils arils tung in ili front of if the lip liter ater find that a great 0 iii of people stirred by the refi ili joined in |