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Nov 23, 2011 · When Lee marched over the mountain-wall,—. Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot, into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped ...
William Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 – September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist, the most popular writer for the Broadway stage of his time (c. 1890–1909). Biography [ edit ] Born in Elmira , New York and educated at Holderness School and Amherst College (class of 1886), William Clyde Fitch wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, ranging ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Barbara Frietchie of Frederick, at age 90, waved a Union flag in the middle of the street to block Stonewall Jackson’s troops as they passed through Frederick in the Maryland Campaign. John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized the event in an 1864 poem entitled: Barbara Frietchie. We also pay special tribute to
Nov 30, 2016 · It was a solemn ceremony attended by family and friends. In 1912, 50 years after her death, it was decided that Barbara be moved to Mount Olivet, the “funerary showplace of Frederick.”. This is where Francis Scott Key had been reinterred in 1866 after his original 1843 burial in Baltimore’s St. Paul’s Church Graveyard.
Legend tells us that Barbara Frietchie protected the American flag when the Confederate forces marched through Frederick during the Civil War. Below is a poem, by abolitionist and poet John Greenleaf Whittier, about her brave stand. Biography of Barbara Frietchie: Picture of Barbara Frietchie: Biography of John Greenleaf Whittier
Ever its torn folds rose and fell. On the loyal winds that loved it well; And through the hill-gaps sunset light. Shone over it with a warm good-night. Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids nor more. Honor to her! and let a tear. Fall, for her sake, on Stonewalls' bier.
