Barbara Fritchie - Frederick, MD
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A profile of Barbara Fritchie with the poem about her by John Greenleaf Whittier. Located in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMFQ9Z
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 11/17/2012
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Official Description:
Tondo with profile of Barbara Fritchie is installed on a rectangular marker. The figure is an old woman who wears a soft fabric cap and shawl. She is superimposed over the American flag. Below the tondo is a plaque with the text of the poem "Barbara Fritchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Incriptions: Barbara Fritchie by John Greenleaf Whittier with the poem text. Erected by the Barbara Fritchie Memorial Association. 1914
Located towards the middle of the older section of the cemetery in a grassy knoll.
The importance of Barbara Fritchie is that during the US Civil War, she reportedly protected a Union flag flying from her window while Confederate soldiers matched through the streets of Frederick.
TITLE: Barbara Fritchie
ARTIST(S): James Edward Kelly
DATE: Dedicated Sept. 9, 1914.
MEDIUM: Bronze plaque attached to rough-hewn Maryland granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MD000514
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Mount Olivet Cemetery
515 South Market Street
Southwestern section
Frederick, Maryland 21701
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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