Show frietchie fr 1 eachl ie legend still in I 1 n dispute D 1 sp T e despite doubters of whit tiers version story holds people Pc ople frederick md even though controversy tro versy may rage over john gree grcen leaf WhItt whistlers whittlers lers poetic account of tier lier deeds barbara FrIet chles ties left RD no imprint on oil tills this historic town as no other ever lid did from froin the idealism of the massively inns simple grat granite itte monument which marks tier grave in mount olive cemetery to tile the plate bolted to the rall rail of the west patrick street bridge over the town crock creek tier her name descend 3 triumphantly into the everyday walks of life it Is em blazoned on a gasoline filling stat station itin A chocolate shot shop also bears it so doea it a soft drink bo booth and a sausage stand yet doubt of tier her authenticity which tins hns split frederick town into two well defined camps amps c upon occasion occa slon tins lias 1111 made itself felt legend branded as fraud sever several al years year ligo ago with the construction st of a new liew community hotel suggestion that it carry tier name was met with unveiled hostility her legend was branded ns fraud in com coin promise the ranks ot of the illustrious were scanned and francis scott key filled the breach some historians generally have been prone to consider the barbara barba ra FrIetch le tale as chiefly a figment of imagination albeit most deftly contrived Ill history story does not confirm that jackson led ills troops through frederick lie he did however pay a visit to ta the I 1 I 1 presbyterian manse on west second street lie ile and ills party then went down bentz street to patrick street tind and hence out of town past barbaras house it Is but seemingly some distance behind the main body or of ills troops jackson also appears to have been in frederick four days daya preceding the nog flog incident on the morning of september 10 the confederates broke camp aana and moved loved westward going gohl out west bat j rick street past the frietchie Frietch le house 1 version traced to barbara herself A version of tit the story sald said to have been told by barbara herself lier self to tier her niece miss caroline ebert sets forth that sirs irs Frietch frietchie le near tier lier ninety sixth birthday took tier her silk ing flag fromi from the family bible and went to tier her window to welcome what she thought I 1 j were northern soldiers an j rode up and asked that the ting flag ho be given him but she refused and commented on ills gray uniform uni forin lie ile loft left to return with other ofil cers and men barbara still standing tier her ground one of the men it Is 14 related called out 11 shoot tier her head on turning angrily nn an officer fleer of thought to have been stonewall jackson shouted if you harm aarni a hair of tier her hend head ill shoot you down like a bogl barbara kept tier her nag flag miss ebert related the story to a cousin who told it a neighbor mrs vj I 1 D fj N S 0 lith worth mrs south 1 worth wrote whittier about it i relatives disclaim di that the old lady snatched tier lier hag flag from froll the stuff under fire and engaged in dialogue with the officer who ordered orde reil it shot down i |