Wednesday morning people in Baltimore found the Francis Scott Key statue vandalized.
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key statue vandalized. pic.twitter.com/A4AnIRifd0
— Erick Ferris (@erick_ferris) September 13, 2017
The statue, located on W Lanvale Street and Eutaw Place in Bolton Hill, was spray painted from the sidewalk to the top its columns.
Francis Scott Key was a lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland. His poem "The Defense of Fort McHenry" eventually became the United State's national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
Racist anthem was spray painted on the statue.
This...Baltimore residents and city workers first look at the vandalized Francis Scott Key statue on W Lanvale St & Eutaw Pl in Bolton Hill. pic.twitter.com/r0NVTf2rea
— Erick Ferris (@erick_ferris) September 13, 2017
