The bookstore is hosting a book signing event with notable Francis Scott Key scholars and historians Professor Mark Clague, author of the 2022 cultural biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” O Say Can You Hear?, Marc Leepson, author of the 2014 Francis Scott Key biography What So Proudly We Hailed, and Professor William Thomas, author of the 2020 history of freedom suits, A Question of Freedom.

Copies of the authors’ books are available for purchase at the St. John’s College bookstore. The book signing is free and open to the public. 

Later that evening, the authors will be part of a panel discussion on Francis Scott Key, class of 1796. More information: https://www.sjc.edu/news/panel-discussion-legacy-francis-scott-key-be-held-st-johns-college.