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Barbara Fritchie
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“[At age 95, she is supposed to have said to Confederate troops:] Fire at this old head, then, boys; it is not more venerable than your flag!”
Barbara Fritchie, U.S. Civil War unionist
(1766 - 1962)
Full name: Barbara Hauer Fritchie. Last name sometimes spelled Frietchie or Frietsche.
sometimes spelled Frietschie