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Barbara Frietchie Twenty Fourth Anniversary Retrospective
A retrospective on Barbara Frietchie recalls the Civil War era heroism linked to the Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier and the enduring memory of Barbara Frietchie. The piece recounts her life from Lancaster Pennsylvania to Frederick Maryland, her age at death, and Whittier’s later fame for the poem Barbara Frietchie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Fristchie
Maryland
Carroll
Acre
Lee
Jackson
Harper's Ferry
Second Street
John B. Ross
Roas
Barbara
Carroill
Johnny
John Greenleaf Whittier
Parranage
Newbrt Free Press
William Lloyd Garrison
Philadelphia
New England
Miriam
Pennsylvania
Echard
Maud Muller
Barbara Frietchie
Barbera Frietchie
Southworth
Washington