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The Francis Scott Key Monument is an outdoor sculpture to Francis Scott Key in Baltimore, Maryland.
History
Charles Marburg gave $25,000 to his brother Theodore Marburg to hire a sculptor to create a monument to Francis Scott Key. The French sculptor Antonin Mercié was selected. Mercié 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
Francis Scott Key Monument Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA