Barbara Fritchie

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Barbara Fritchie was a legendary Unionist heroine of the American Civil War, best known from John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem depicting her defiantly waving the U.S. flag at Confederate troops in Frederick, Maryland.

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Label Occurrences
Barbara Fritchie canonical 13
Barbara Frietchie 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War figure ⓘ
Unionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Civil War ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization Union Army (symbolically) ⓘ
linked to: Union Army
associatedWithPlace Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
buriedIn Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical markers in Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
literary works ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1766 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1862 ⓘ
describedBySource poem "Barbara Frietchie" by John Greenleaf Whittier ⓘ
ethnicGroup German-American ⓘ
genreOfNotability legend ⓘ
patriotic legend ⓘ
hasCanonicalName Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
hasLegend defiantly waving the U.S. flag at Confederate troops in Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
hasOccupation hat maker ⓘ
shopkeeper ⓘ
hasPortrayalIn American Civil War popular culture ⓘ
American patriotic literature ⓘ
hasVariantName Barbara Frietchie ⓘ
historicalRole Unionist heroine ⓘ
folk heroine ⓘ
influenced Union patriotic folklore ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Union cause in the American Civil War ⓘ
name Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
notableFor association with John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem "Barbara Frietchie" ⓘ
being a legendary Unionist heroine of the American Civil War ⓘ
notableWork Barbara Frietchie (poem depiction) ⓘ
occupation patriot (legendary) ⓘ
partOf American Civil War folklore ⓘ
United States patriotic folklore ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
placeOfDeath Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
placeOfResidence Frederick, Maryland ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ
politicalAlignment Union ⓘ
pro-Union ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse John Fritchie ⓘ
symbolizes Union loyalty ⓘ
patriotic defiance ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barbara Frietchie → fullName → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Barbara Fritchie → name → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Barbara Fritchie → hasCanonicalName → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Fritchie → hasNotableBearer → Barbara Frietchie ⓘ
linked to: Barbara Fritchie
John Casper Fritchie → spouse → Barbara Frietchie ⓘ
linked to: Barbara Fritchie
Barbara Fritchie House and Museum → namedAfter → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Barbara Fritchie House and Museum → dedicatedTo → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Barbara Fritchie House and Museum → associatedWithPerson → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Barbara Frietchie → mainCharacter → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Barbara Frietchie → historicalBasis → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
Frietchie → associatedWith → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
poem "Barbara Frietchie" → mainCharacter → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
subject linked to: Frietchie
Frietchie → notableBearer → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
John Fritchie → spouse → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
"Barbara Frietchie" → mainSubject → Barbara Fritchie ⓘ
subject linked to: John Fritchie