What’s next for the alt-left? It seems their next target is The Star-Spangled Banner’s author Francis Scott Key.
In Baltimore, the words “Racist Anthem” were painted on the monument’s base on the anniversary of the battle that inspired Key to write the “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Baltimore’s mayor says she has no plans to remove the city’s monument to Key that was recently vandalized.
The Baltimore Sun reported Wednesday that Mayor Catherine Pugh also has directed art preservation experts to determine the cost of cleaning it up.
Key, who owned slaves, was inspired to write his verses by the Battle of Fort McHenry on Sept. 13-14, 1814 during the War of 1812.
The seldom-sung third verse says: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.” Many believe it refers to slaves who fought for the British.
The Horn News previously wrote about the national anthem and the alt-left’s attacks — and how liberals are dead wrong about The Star-Spangled Banner.
The Associated Press contributed to this article