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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Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.