The citizen., 1913-06-13
THE FRITCHIE FLAG STORY IS
UNTRUE.


That many Of the older residents of our
beautiful and progressive mountain city
are indtenant that efforts are being made
seriously to put lhe Barbara Fritchie
myth into the truthful realms of history
by means of monument or tablet Of
bronze is plainly shown bv the following
snerial disDatch to he Baltimore sun
from Frederick few davs apo.
There is no question that Mrs. Fritchie
lived here during the period Of The war.
l'a' pug = 80 ~ lA,e"21 -N'' Hi1'i4 'E"lp'.
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has baaa r-lishIv sta.sd that Afrs Frit.
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Nfarl,a5 i,1,gnatio1 h.,s hen aroused
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ar;rl[ H. Ike g,o,,.,,a,,f fo Lnror fba
nsr,,or, or Rarf,ra F,ritrhi. h,, eracti,s F.,
monument ~ M. rl5-4. .of t... r.r.,l re-
intarni-nt of her remains in N, Olivat
C.r,airrs n. f...rin, bsra is ,l,,, ',gh;i.
snch uncrrtain,y ,tfa~bes fn the stores
.cop.ec,i.g DI,1a Frifraia ,,.i,b fba art ~
su,,n0ssd Lsrois,,, nnrtra,,aJ IN lJbit-
fisr,s nn1n, !, i ,bsrrd ~ ere.,t a ,,ann.
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ih-. !an,;n.n, ba;ng s(ran., gI.r ,I,f HE man,
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a GROSS bisfori,,ai arro, mi tbat n ,yonId
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hnri-d h and associaied Win Fredericl
10 whom r,on,n1s,ts have. mo-, vel been
erected and tb1t il would he 6efter 70
honor Hes. barara conl.rrir,r er,b = dis.
tinrtion nnnn M. n,annrv 0t a nerson
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the least, questionable.
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