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Fritchie was born Barbara Hauer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.On May 6, 1806, she married John Casper Fritchie, a glove maker. Her father-in-law, John Caspar Fritchie, was one of seven British loyalists convicted of high treason against the United States in Frederick, Maryland, in June 1781, based on a plot to free British prisoners in Frederick and join with General Cornwallis in Virginia.
Barbara Frietchie, The Frederick Girl is a play in four acts by Clyde Fitch and based on the heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "Barbara Frietchie" (based on a real person: Barbara Fritchie). Fitch takes a good bit of artistic liberty and intertwines her story with that of his own grandparents' love story, which also takes place during ...
Poetry and hymns with words by John Greenleaf Whittier. Pages in category "Poetry and hymns by John Greenleaf Whittier" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Jul. 3—No one expected Barbara Fritchie herself to come to her own mural unveiling. But there she was, the self-proclaimed "old gray head," standing on the balcony of her Frederick home and ...
Barbara Frietchie is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Herbert Blaché and starring Mary Miles Minter. It is based upon the 1899 play Barbara Frietchie by Clyde Fitch, which was in turn inspired by the John Greenleaf Whittier poem of the same name. As with many of Minter's movies, the film is thought to be a lost film. [1]
Gary said he was often asked about doing a book of weather poetry. “If I had a nickel each time I heard that question, I’d have $1.75 by now.” In reality, he said, he was waiting for a cause ...
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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