The Confederat troops marched through Frederick, Maryland and everybody feared them except a lady named Barbara Frietchie. She raised the American flag even when Stonewall Jackson and his troops shot at it she still raised it proud. When the Confederacy ended Frietchie was a national hero. ( )

To quote Ogden Nash: "I'm very fond of Barbara Frietchie, I bet she scratched when she was itchy." She certainly inspired me in my life of questioning authority. ( )