Episode 95 - Francis Scott Key and the American National Anthem
The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery - A podcast by Jennie Johnson & Dianne Hartshorn - Thursdays
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Send us a text! We love hearing from listeners. If you'd like a response, please include your email. Jennie and Dianne learn about Francis Scott Key and his gravesite at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. Francis Scott Key was a complicated man who opposed war, but believed in the freedom of the nation. He fought for the freedom of black people while at the same time owning slaves himself that he never intended to offer freedom. He was a poet, a father, a lawyer. In an Ordinary Ext...
