Francis Scott Key Monument
The Francis Scott Key Monument is an outdoor sculpture to Francis Scott Key in Baltimore, Maryland.
History
gave $25,000 to his brother to hire a sculptor to create a monument to Francis Scott Key, prior to Key's death in 1907. The French sculptor Marius Jean Antonin Mercié was selected. Mercie had previously created a bronze equestrian statue of Robert E. Lee in 1890 in Richmond, Virginia.
The sculpture was restored and rededicated on September 11, 1999.
References
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key_Monument
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