Barbara Fritchie House and Museum

Maryland

154 West Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701
United States

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Reconstructed house of Barbara Fritchie, heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem from the Civil War. "Shoot if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country's flag, she said" while leaning out an upstairs window. Visit the exterior year round.

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