The 4th

LivindonSouth

The British had burned Washington. Later Fort McHenry in Baltimore was under heavy cannon fire. Francis Scott Key, a Washington lawyer, penned the Star Spangled Banner that night. So, do I have the Brits to thank for that fine "all day smoked" Boston butt yesterday?

Whatever

No, you have to thank them for the music to the Star Spangled Banner--it originally was a British drinking song.

LivindonSouth

So, it's a myth that Mr. Key wrote the song? There's a ton of people who would disagree.

ray a

Key wrote the words. He used a tune written years before, as Whatever said, an old English drinking song. A common practice.