For the play based on this historical character, see Barbara Frietchie.
American patriot during the American Civil War
Barbara Fritchie
Fritchie in 1862
Born
December 3, 1766
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Died
December 18, 1862
Frederick, Maryland
Known for
Becoming a Unionist folk hero during the Civil War
Spouse
John Casper Fritchie (m. 1806)
Barbara Fritchie (née Hauer; December 3, 1766 – December 18, 1862), also known as Barbara Frietchie, and sometimes spelled Frietschie,[1] was a Unionist during the Civil War. She became part of American folklore in part from a popular poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.
^Quynn, Dorothy Mackay, and William Rogers Quynn: Barbara Frietschie. Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1942, 45 pp.
BarbaraFritchie (née Hauer; December 3, 1766 – December 18, 1862), also known as Barbara Frietchie, and sometimes spelled Frietschie, was a Unionist...
The BarbaraFritchie Stakes is an American race for Thoroughbred horses run at Laurel Park Racecourse in February. A Grade III event, this race is open...
Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Barbara Frietchie" (based on a real person: BarbaraFritchie). Fitch takes a good bit of artistic liberty and intertwines her story...
first governor, Thomas Johnson, is buried there, as is BarbaraFritchie "History". BarbaraFritchie House. Retrieved October 30, 2018. She was a friend of...
either first, second, or third place and the number of starters in the BarbaraFritchie Handicap (1952-present), a grade 2 American Thoroughbred Sprint race...
dust bowl victory garden, it's the most devastating denouement since BarbaraFritchie poked her head out the window." Kaspar Monahan of the Pittsburgh Press...
horseback labeled "Trusts", marching down a street past the house with "BarbaraFritchie" labeled "Dingley Tariff" leaning out the window, waving a flag labeled...
– Rodolphe Kreutzer, violinist and composer (d. 1831) December 3 – BarbaraFritchie, U.S. patriot in the Civil War (d. 1862) December 23 – Wilhelm Hisinger...
tale of BarbaraFritchie preventing Confederate soldiers dishonoring her Union flag was propagated by John Greenleaf Whittier's 1863 poem "Barbara Frietchie"...
Historical Museum Baltimore Museum of Industry Banneker-Douglass Museum BarbaraFritchie House and Museum Beall–Dawson House Belair Mansion Belair Stable Museum...
culminate, of course, with his ride. Take Betsy Ross for a heroine, or BarbaraFritchie… for the girls." King Features editor Ward Greene to Hearst: "There...
racing. Some of the races inaugurated at the Bowie track include: BarbaraFritchie Handicap Caesar's Wish Stakes Endurance Handicap John B. Campbell Memorial...
reproduction homes of famous Americans: Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, BarbaraFritchie, Oliver Wolcott, and Patrick Henry. While the original plan called...
Historical Museum Baltimore Museum of Industry Banneker-Douglass Museum BarbaraFritchie House and Museum Beall–Dawson House Belair Mansion Belair Stable Museum...
American Confederate general (killed in action) (b. 1823) December 18 – BarbaraFritchie, American Civil War patriot (b. 1766) Miguel Galindo y Galindo (October...
Historical Museum Baltimore Museum of Industry Banneker-Douglass Museum BarbaraFritchie House and Museum Beall–Dawson House Belair Mansion Belair Stable Museum...
Squires Richard Carle as Mr. Spitzer Lenita Lane as Peg DeForrest BarbaraFritchie as Joan Dennison Paul Hurst as Bell Captain Robert Greig as Adolph...
Frederick, which has the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the BarbaraFritchie House. From Frederick, the Antietam Campaign Scenic Byway follows US...
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