"Racist Anthem" graffiti on Key Monument
This file appears in: Francis Scott Key Monument
The graffiti references Key's role as a slaveholder and his depiction of the formerly enslaved black soldiers fighting for the British in one of the lesser-known stanzas of the National Anthem.
This file appears in: Francis Scott Key Monument
Francis Scott Key Monument
The Key Monument on Eutaw Place is a grand reminder of how Baltimoreans have kept the memory of the Battle of Baltimore and the War of 1812 alive over two hundred years. Francis Scott Key was a Maryland lawyer and slaveholder who was on board the…