File:Star-Spangled Banner plaque.JPG
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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commemorative_plaque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commemorative plaque (page does not exist)">Commemorative plaque</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> marking the site where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key's</a> "<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>," which later became the national anthem of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, was first publicly sung. The plaque reads: "On this site in 1814, 'The Star-Spangled Banner' was first sung in public. The most famous of several hotels on this block was Brown's Marble Hotel (1851-1935), an innovative <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greek_Revival_architecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greek Revival architecture (page does not exist)">Greek Revival</a> landmark, where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> were guests. In the 1830s, Beverly Snow, a free black, operated the Epicurean Restaurant on the corner of 6th Street. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (page does not exist)">Atlantic Coast Line Railroad</a> building was completed at the same location in 1893. Its facade was incorporated into the present office building, erected by the B. F. Saul Company in 1985."
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| current | 11:58, 7 January 2017 | | 2,933 × 2,135 (1.5 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commemorative_plaque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Commemorative plaque (page does not exist)">Commemorative plaque</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> marking the site where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key" title="Francis Scott Key">Francis Scott Key's</a> "<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">The Star-Spangled Banner</a>," which later became the national anthem of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, was first publicly sung. The plaque reads: "On this site in 1814, 'The Star-Spangled Banner' was first sung in public. The most famous of several hotels on this block was Brown's Marble Hotel (1851-1935), an innovative <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greek_Revival_architecture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greek Revival architecture (page does not exist)">Greek Revival</a> landmark, where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler" title="John Tyler">John Tyler</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln" title="Abraham Lincoln">Abraham Lincoln</a> were guests. In the 1830s, Beverly Snow, a free black, operated the Epicurean Restaurant on the corner of 6th Street. The <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantic_Coast_Line_Railroad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (page does not exist)">Atlantic Coast Line Railroad</a> building was completed at the same location in 1893. Its facade was incorporated into the present office building, erected by the B. F. Saul Company in 1985." </p> |
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