Katharine Lee Bates (1859 – 1929) a poet and professor at
Wellesley College, is best known as the author of "America
the Beautiful," which she wrote after a trip to the summer
of Pike’s Peak in 1893.

Poetry great Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California.

ROSS SIMPSON

ROSS SIMPSON

Clement Clarke Moore – 1779-1863

Francis Scott Key, an American lawyer, penned a poem which was
later set to music. In 1931 it become America’s national anthem,
“The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The
Defence of Fort M’Henry,” was written after Key saw the Maryland
fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. Key
was inspired by the sight of a lone U.S. flag still flying over Fort
McHenry at daybreak. as reflected in the now-famous words of the
“Star-Spangled Banner”: “

Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779 – January 11, 1843)