Barbara Fritchie House

Historical marker location:

154 West Patrick Street, Frederick, Maryland

( Marker is on West Patrick Street (State Highway 144), on the left when traveling west.)

<i>Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your countrys flag.</i>. Antietam Campaign 1862.

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The University of Maryland was founded in 1856: The University of Maryland, College Park, was founded in 1856 as the Maryland Agricultural College. Today, it is the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland and is one of the largest universities in the state.