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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 ...
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]
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 1924 American silent war drama film about an old woman who helps out soldiers during the American Civil War.It is based on the play of the same name by Clyde Fitch that had starred Julia Marlowe at the turn of the century which in turn was taken from the real-life story of Barbara Fritchie.
Dec. 15—Almost two years later, the Frederick High girls basketball team hardly bears any resemblance to the team that was two wins away from an unprecedented fourth consecutive state title for ...
My Maryland is a "musical romance" with book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly and music by Sigmund Romberg, based on the play Barbara Frietchie by Clyde Fitch. The musical takes place in the towns of Frederick, Maryland and Hagerstown, Maryland .
Mar. 14—Just a fraction of eligible Girl Scouts nationwide earn the organization's top honor: the Gold Award. So it's of little surprise that Natalie Fox, 16, knew of only one or two local Girl ...