Is it possible that an article can be so interesting and so stupid at the same time. The article leads with the arrest of Key’s grandson without explaining in any detail what he was arrested for. Then it meanders around with some very interesting information about the song, Key’s faith, his grandson’s faith and his grandson’s friendship with John Randolph. None of that information illuminates the lead paragraph about the arrest.
At the end we learn that he was arrested for criticizing Lincoln, was never charged and spent some time in prison. But it never tells us what he said about Lincoln. Very frustrating.
I think I am just cranky this morning, but if the story is about Key’s faith, the writer should have led with that and not with the arrest of the grandson, when no effort is going to be made to tell that story. This story needs an editor.
I think that this has sxomething to do with the fact that the original title to this article is "Christian faith key to 'Banner'", and not the title improperly listed by the poster.