May 24, 2023 · The buoy, which sits between the Francis Scott Key Bridge and Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor, is set each year near the spot Key observed the 1814 British bombardment of Fort McHenry and felt inspired to write the national anthem’s lyrics. The buoy is removed each year before winter.

May 26, 2022 · The historic Francis Scott Key Memorial buoy marks the spot where Key wrote the lyrics of the National Anthem during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814.

May 25, 2022 · The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter William Tate set the historic Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy in the Patapsco River near the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Wednesday.

Jun 12, 2018 · The Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin held its 38th annual Francis Scott Key memorial buoy commissioning Friday morning near Interstate 695’s Key Bridge. The buoy marks the spot where the ship carrying Key was anchored in 1814 as Fort McHenry was bombarded.

It’s an annual sign of summer in the Patapsco River, near the Key Bridge: the appearance of the distinctive Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy. Painted in stars and stripes and placed in the vicinity where Key is said to have penned the Star-Spangled Banner, it’s a patriotic reminder of Baltimore’s critical role in America’s independence.

Aug 19, 2007 · Francis Scott Key Buoy. This buoy marks the spot where Key's boat was positioned while he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry, assuming "about 200 yards west" of the Francis Scott Key Memorial Bridge marker is …

May 25, 2022 · Formalized as an annual duty in 1980, the 2022 commissioning of the buoy marks the 42nd spring setting of the star-spangled buoy by a Coast Guard cutter. The specially designed buoy marks the approximate location where Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 from an American truce ship.

May 26, 2022 · A Coast Guard cutter formally set a historic star-spangled buoy, known as the Francis Scott Key Memorial Buoy, in the Patapsco River on Wednesday, announced the Coast Guard.

Jun 7, 2016 · The buoy is set to symbolically mark the location where the ship carrying Francis Scott Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” was anchored during the bombardment of Fort McHenry on the night of Sept. 13-14, 1814, during the War of 1812.

The star-spangled buoy marks the approximate location where Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 and was inspired to write lyrics that would later become the U.S....