Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key (HM15W)

Location: Frederick, MD 21701 Frederick County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 24.382', W 77° 24.78'

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Thomas Johnson
Barbara Fritchie

Francis Scott Key
Author of
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Born in Frederick County, Maryland, 1779. Died in Baltimore 1843 and there buried. Removed to Federick 1866 and interred in family lot.
In 1898 the remains of Francis Scott Key and Mary Tayloe Lloyd Key, his wife, were placed within the crypt in the base of the monument erected by the Key Monument Association of Frederick, Maryland.

Thomas Johnson
First governor of Maryland and a nationally known personage during Revolutionary Days. Lies buried immediately west of the lot wherein lie the remains of Barbara Fritchie

Barbara Fritchie
A granite shaft on a triangular mound in the southwestern section of the cemetery marks the grave of the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem.
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HM NumberHM15W
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Date Added Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 1:21pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 292242 N 4364651
Decimal Degrees39.40636667, -77.41300000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 24.382', W 77° 24.78'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 24' 22.92" N, 77° 24' 46.80" W
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Area Code(s)301, 410, 240
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 6075-6099 Stadium Dr, Frederick MD 21701, US
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