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Can you give me some historical facts about Frederick?

Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Key, who authored "The Star Spangled Banner" during the War of 1812, and Roger Brooke Taney, U.S. Supreme Court chief justice, who handed down the Dred Scott Decision in 1857, lived in Frederick and were brothers-in-law.

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