Francis Scott Key Buoy Drop 2014

MD, UNITED STATES

06.05.2014

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Marin 

U.S. Coast Guard District 5   

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin places the Francis Scott Key Buoy in the Chesapeake Bay, June 5, 2014, at the approximate location of where Key wrote the poem that later became the national anthem. The Coast Guard has been placing the buoy approximately three miles from Fort McHenry since 1979. Coast Guard video by Petty Officers 2nd Class David R. Marin and Jonathan Lindberg

• Date Taken: 06.05.2014
• Date Posted: 06.18.2014 18:47
• Category: Package
• Video ID: 344452
• VIRIN: 140605-G-MD940-001
• Filename: DOD_101750536
• Length: 00:02:29
• Location: MD, US