john stewart tonic --rote after out, whichok came sort of makes skinner the hero, although he does not claim to poem.the somebody, maybe frank's brother-in-law, who married one took thissisters, poll him to a printer in baltimore. within two days, broadsides with this poem had appeared all over the city. including distributed out of fort mchenry. we know that from current accounts. the title was "the defense of fort mchenry." we do not know why, but a few days later, it appeared on sheet music. the name was changed to the "star-spangled banner," and it said, "to be sung to the tune of which was aheaven," well-known song in the early republic, and it was not uncommon in those days -- in fact, it was common for words of songs to be put on well-known melodies. it was so popular there were 30, 40, 50 different songs that .eople knew and did not have frank's name on it, although did have a little introduction to it, in which it talked about how it came to be written. newspaperseared in around the country, and then his name became on it. and, of course, it became a patriotic song. not the most popular, but it was one of the patrioti