Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis
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On this spot, where the inspiring strains of the Star Spangled Banner are heard each morning, formerly stood the home of Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key, to whom Key gave the original manuscript and who set the words to a popular tune of the time. Here the manuscript remained until the Nicholson house was torn down in 1845.
(Arts, Letters, Music • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
On this spot, where the inspiring strains of the Star Spangled Banner are heard each morning, formerly stood the home of Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, Brother-in-law of Francis Scott Key, to whom Key gave the original manuscript and who set the words to a popular tune of the time. Here the manuscript remained until the Nicholson house was torn down in 1845.(Arts, Letters, Music • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.