BARBARA FRIETCHIE
[J. L. Underwood.]
Here is a part of the story of the Maryland woman and the Federal flag in the famous poem of John G. Whittier:
“Bravest of all in Fredericktown
She took up the flag the men hauled down;
In her attic window the staff she set
To show that one heart was loyal yet.
Up the street came the rebel tread,
Stonewall Jackson riding ahead: