Murder at the Vanities
1934
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Barbara Frietchie. By John Greenleaf Whittier. Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand. Green-walled by the hills of Maryland. Round about them orchards sweep, Apple- and peach-tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord. To the eyes of the famished rebel horde,
Barbara Fritchie (née Hauer; December 3, 1766 – December 18, 1862), also known as Barbara Frietchie, and sometimes spelled Frietschie, was a Unionist during the Civil War. She became part of American folklore in part from a popular poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.
THE POEM. An American poet and editor, John Greenleaf Whittie r penned the ballad of Barbara Fritchie in 1863 after hearing about the alleged exploit from a friend of his. He used a German variant of her name in the poem, spelling it Frietchie.
1807 –. 1892. Up from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand. Green-walled by the hills of Maryland. Round about them orchards sweep, Apple- and peach-tree fruited deep, Fair as a garden of the Lord. To the eyes of the famished rebel horde, On that pleasant morn of the early fall.
HISTORY. Barbara Fritchie (1766–1862) is a central figure in the history of Frederick, Maryland. A Unionist during the Civil War, she is best known for her folkloric defiance in the face of Confederate troops. As the occupying rebel forces were marching out of Frederick in September 1862, Dame Fritchie, then 95, was said to have waved a Union ...
Dive deep into John Greenleaf Whittier's Barbara Frietchie with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion.
Apr 20, 2017 · The poem—inspired, like Longfellow’s, by the abolitionist cause—tells the story of an elderly woman who refused to lower her American flag when Confederate forces marched through her ...
