{"id":2207691,"date":"2024-03-27T17:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-wastes-no-time-slamming-francis-scott-key-again-after-namesake-baltimore-bridge-destroyed\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T17:34:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T21:34:09","slug":"wapo-wastes-no-time-slamming-francis-scott-key-again-after-namesake-baltimore-bridge-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-wastes-no-time-slamming-francis-scott-key-again-after-namesake-baltimore-bridge-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo quickly criticizes Francis Scott Key following destruction of Baltimore bridge bearing his name"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwapo-wastes-no-time-slamming-francis-scott-key-again-after-namesake-baltimore-bridge-destroyed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2207691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200bWashington\u2062 Post\u200d reacted swiftly \u2064to the \u200cFrancis Scott Key Bridge collapse,\u200b highlighting Key&#8217;s controversial past.\u2064 The \u200darticle explored Key&#8217;s history, including his racist views and \u2064slave\u2064 ownership. The piece \u2064delved into the controversial verse in &#8220;The Star-Spangled\u200d Banner&#8221; and Key&#8217;s \u200copposition to abolition. The incident \u2064reignited \u200cdiscussions on Key&#8217;s legacy and\u2063 the anthem&#8217;s history. The\u2062 Washington Post \u200cquickly responded to\u200c the collapse of \u2064the Francis Scott Key Bridge, shedding light on\u200b Key&#8217;s \u200dcontentious background. The article delved into Key&#8217;s racist beliefs, slave ownership, the controversial verse in &#8220;The \u2064Star-Spangled Banner,&#8221; and \u200bhis anti-abolition \u2063stance. This event sparked renewed conversations about Key&#8217;s legacy\u2062 and the history of the national anthem.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post wasted no time after the collapse of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/baltimore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baltimore\u2019s<\/a> Francis Scott Key Bridge in reminding readers that the man it was named after was a problematic figure.<\/p>\n<p>Early Tuesday morning, a massive container ship crashed into the bridge, knocking it down, and leaving at least six construction workers presumed dead.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/history\/2024\/03\/27\/francis-scott-key-history-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> titled \u201c<span class=\"PJLV\" data-qa=\"headline-text\">Who was Francis Scott Key, controversial poet the bridge is named after?\u201d the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parker-2022-looking-good-for-republicans\/\" title=\"PARKER: 2022 Looking Good For Republicans\">reminded readers<\/a> about Key\u2019s \u201cracist views.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Francis Scott Key is best known for writing the poem that became America\u2019s national anthem, \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner.\u201d He wrote the lyrics the morning after an 1814 British attack on Fort McHenry, which is right by the collapsed bridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs The Washington Post previously reported, \u2018The Star-Spangled Banner\u2019 did not become the national anthem until more than a century after it was written because of controversy, partly over Key\u2019s racist views,\u201d the Post wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne section of the poem\u2019s third verse, in particular, has come under scrutiny from those who say it was intended to mock or threaten African Americans who escaped slavery to join the British forces, after being promised land in exchange for their service,\u201d the paper continued.<\/p>\n<p>The verse in question reads, \u201cNo refuge could save the hireling and slave, From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And The Star-Spangled Banner in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gwen-berry-makes-false-claims-about-the-national-anthem-while-complaining-its-disrespectful\/\" title=\"Gwen Berry Makes False Claims About The National Anthem While Complaining It\u2019s \u2018Disrespectful\u2019\">triumph doth wave<\/a>, O\u2019er the land of the free and the home of the brave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Post also reminded readers that Key was a slave owner who opposed abolition and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meghan-claims-racism-prevented-archie-from-being-a-prince-the-rule-barring-his-title-dates-to-1917\/\" title=\"Meghan Claims Racism Prevented Archie From Being A Prince. The Rule Barring His Title Dates To 1917.\">made racist remarks<\/a> about black people.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, the paper also acknowledged that critics have pointed out that as a lawyer, Key defended several slaves, and he freed several of his own slaves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-PJLV article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\" dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Because of his mixed record on racial issues, monuments to Key have been defaced, and critics have called for institutions named after him to be renamed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">In 2017, vandals <a href=\"https:\/\/baltimoreheritage.org\/francis-scott-key-monument-splashed-red-paint-spray-painted-words-racist-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defaced<\/a> the Francis Scott Key Monument in Baltimore with red paint and spray-painted \u201cRacist Anthem\u201d and \u201cblood on his hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Investigators are still searching for the remains of the six people who fell in the water at the time of the Key bridge\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">The search, as well as the cleanup process, is expected to finish before any rebuilding of the bridge begins.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2024\/03\/27\/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-news-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">toured<\/a> the area of the destroyed bridge in the rain with the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"null\" data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">President Biden also addressed the disaster on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/baltimore\/2024\/03\/biden-federal-government-should-pay-to-rebuild-baltimores-key-bridge-after-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> he wants the federal government to pay for the bridge\u2019s rebuilding.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post didn&#8217;t delay in pointing out Francis Scott Key&#8217;s controversial history after the collapse of Baltimore&#8217;s bridge that bore his name. Following a container ship crash early Tuesday, the bridge was destroyed, with six workers believed to have died. The Post&#8217;s critique came swiftly after the incident on Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":2207692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2107858680.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/GettyImages-2107858680.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2207692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}