Talk:Barbara Fritchie

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[edit] Citation

A citation is needed for the claim the famous event didn't occur. I just visited the house and they recount the incident and cite some corroborating evidence for it, although the story is obviously embellished. Hal Jespersen 23:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree that a citation is needed for the claim the event didn't occur. I also want to add that the flag is most definitely not in the house. We just visited there today and had a long discussion with the caretaker (sweet woman) and she said the whereabouts of the flag are currently unknown. snagswolf 22:18, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't personally have access to this book, but someone might want to check it out as a possible citation: I Rode With Stonewall, by Henry Kyd Douglas (1838-1903), initially published in 1940; Fifth Printing: 1983, Mockingbird Books. I am currently looking at an excerpt that someone gave me from page 152, in which Douglas states that the flag-waving event did not happen. Macroidtoe 18:37, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

I partially take back my last statement: I just did a little research on H.K. Douglas, and have discovered that he is widely considered to be an unreliable source. Still, he could be cited as the possible origin of the "no flag-waving" version of the story, with a note regarding the questionable veracity of his writing. 24.249.55.43 18:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] disambig

um, if the person inspired the play and the poem shouldn't her namesake page be about her and have a different (disambiguation) page? Potatoswatter 08:26, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. For the record, I only stumbled across this; move requests will only be examined if noted at WP:RM as well. --Stemonitis 16:16, 29 April 2007 (UTC)