Barbara Frietchie play at Tivoli sparks debate on legend
The Bell and History festival in Frederick features Barbara Frietchie a stage adaptation by Anna May Hughes from Clyde Fitch's Dame Barbara. The play questions why a Southern woman waved a Union flag at Stonewall Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Frietchie
Frederick
Tivoli
Stonewall Jackson
Anna May Hughes
Clyde Fitch
Dame Barbara
Fitch
Barbara
Hauer
John Casper Frietschie
the Tivoli
Ann Windon
Trumbull
Randy Brady
Connecticut
Festival of the Flag Opens With Strong Attendance and Garden Tour
Crowds greet the Festival of the Flag as thundershowers threaten Friday evening. Frederick hosts reunions for Girls and Boys High School amid popular events. Garden Tour draws nearly 600 visitors with candlelit displays at several homes. Activities include Boy Scouts and Sertoma flag display, Barbara Fritchie play, a Baker Park auction, Dixieland jazz, and Trinity Chapel Chimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key Grave
New Market
Mt. Olivet
Baker Park
Cedric H. Smith
Frederick
Harold Cahn
A. Hart Etchison
W. Second St
John Hanna
Burton Creager
Second St
Frankline B. Musser
E. Church St
Blanche Parcell
W. Church St
Boy Scouts of
Sertoma Club
Flag Club
Sertoma
Bell & History Committee
Barbara Fritchie
Tivoli
Dixieland
Shell
George Schroeder
Trinity Chapel
Little Children Ponder Dad's Day in 1910s style feature
Read about Father’s Day origins in Spokane and North America as Mrs. Bruce Dodd inspired the third Sunday in June. Children from the Jack and Jill Nursery share playful insights into their fathers’ jobs, hobbies, and gifts they plan to give, from coloring books to model airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Dodd
Spokane
Washington
North America
Jack and Jill
North Market Street
News-Post
Julie Stitley
Gary Stitley
Tony Wilkinson
Alton Wilkinson
Tony
Teddy
Theodore Carlton King
Carlton King
Janet Diane Stein
Jack Stein
Jennifer Stevens
Bet Sellyes
Jenifer
Phil Stevens
Tommy Benitez
Tommy
Ross Benitez
Bryan Keith Lauman
Bell & History Days staged spoof stars at Tivoli Theater
Fredericktowne Players impersonated W C Fields Greta Garbo and 24 others at the Tivoli for Bell and History Days. A large crowd attended the parody event with an organ medley and a staged Civil War era performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tivoli Theater
Bell & History Days
Barbara Frietchie
Frederick Girl
W.C. Fields
Fields
W.C
Greta Garbo
Fredericktowne
Ray Brubacher
Nixon pledges arms aid as he tours Middle East
President Nixon promised increased arms assistance to Saudi Arabia and visited Syria as his third stop. Syrian air force jets escorted his plane triggering evasive maneuvers by pilot Col. Albert Azi. Reception in Damascus was subdued as U S and Syrian sources urged a return to diplomatic relations severed since the 1967 war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Nixon
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Albert Azi
White House
Azi
Hafez Assad
Brezhnev Says USSR Ready to Limit Underground N Tests
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev declared readiness to reach an immediate agreement with the United States to limit underground nuclear tests up to termination on a coordinated timetable. He did not confirm accepting onsite inspections, a key US demand, and spoke amid campaign events before the Supreme Soviet elections.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
United States
Brezhnev
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
Lewis Absent More Often Than Other Commissioners
Commissioner Donald L. Lewis criticizes Lawrence A. Dorsey for devoting excessive time to planning and zoning, causing the board to fail to meet as frequently as required. The exchange highlights tensions over meeting schedules and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Donald L. Lewis
Lawrence A. Dorsey
Dorsey
Planning Commission
Commission
Normal County Commission
John A. Derr
Wfmd Radio
Thurmont Bank
Board of County Commissioners
Meteorite Shower Expected Over Weekend
Astronomers at the Naval Observatory in Washington predict a weekend meteor Shower as increasing meteors appear in the sky. A bright fireball sighting Friday night was described as moon sized and moving fast, seen dashed southeast to northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Observatory
Washington
Bethesda Man Chokes On Pastry During C&O Canal Hike
A 21 year old Bethesda man James Graham choking on a piece of rust filled pastry during a breakfast stop while hiking the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Cumberland to Washington died after his companions failed to dislodge the obstruction and mouth to mouth resuscitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Hook
Bethesda
Washington County
Maryland
James Graham
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
Cumberland
Washington
Graham
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Bell & History
Historic
Barbara Frietchie, Making of Myth
Bell & History Schedule
Neil Sandler Stall
Brubacher
Margaret Clary
Court Street
Frietchie
Richard Leichert
Parbara
Frederick Or
Tivoli Theatre
Francis Scott Key Hotel
Neil Sandler
Faisal
U.S
Russia
C&o Canal
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