. Book of the Royal blue . r in review, the spectator should,if walking, halt, and if sitting, arise, andstand at attention and uncover. In placing the flag at half staff, it shouldfirst be hoisted to the top of the staff andthen lowered to position, and preliminaryto lowering from half staff it should be firstraised to the top. THE THE STORY OFSTAR SPANGLED BANNER My grandfather, Francis Scott Key, theonly son of John Ross Key, an officer inthe Revolutionary War, was born at DoublePipe Creek, Frederick County, Md., August9, 1780. Although he wrote many ex-cellent poems and gained fame as anat
. Book of the Royal blue . r in review, the spectator should,if walking, halt, and if sitting, arise, andstand at attention and uncover. In placing the flag at half staff, it shouldfirst be hoisted to the top of the staff andthen lowered to position, and preliminaryto lowering from half staff it should be firstraised to the top. THE THE STORY OFSTAR SPANGLED BANNER My grandfather, Francis Scott Key, theonly son of John Ross Key, an officer inthe Revolutionary War, was born at DoublePipe Creek, Frederick County, Md., August9, 1780. Although he wrote many ex-cellent poems and gained fame as anattorney and statesman, he is known toposterity almost entirely as the author of theStar Spangled Banner. He married, in 1802, Mary TayloeLloyd, of Annapolis, Md., and to themwere born eleven children. In 1804 he re-moved from Frederick, where he practicedlaw, to Georgetown, D. C. He was thriceappointed district attorney for the districtby President Andrew Jackson. 6 EIGHTY-FIRST BIRTHDAY OF THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. The residence he occupied in George-town upon the occasion of his visit to theBritish fleet is still standing. Until recentlythis historic house was sadly neglected andbecame the abode of an Italian fruit shop ofthe most squalid kind. Under the leader-ship of Admirals Dewey and Schley, how-ever, steps are now being taken to secureand preserve this building for all time. During the War of 1814, Vice-AdmiralCockrane entered the Chesapeake Bay andjoined Rear-Admiral Cockburn, then en-gaged in committing ravages upon theunprotected and peaceable settlers alongthe shores of the lower waters of theChesapeake. Vice-Admiral Cockrane camefrom the West Indies and convoyed trans-ports containing, under the command ofGeneral Ross, nine thousand British troops,the flower of the Duke of Wellingtonsarmy, fresh from their conquest of Napo-leon at Waterloo. He sent word to theSecretary of State, James Monroe, that hehad reached the Chesapeake and proposedto retaliate for the wan
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