Librivox recording of Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier. This was the weekly poem for Flag Day 2006. It tells the largely-apocryphal but nonetheless inspiring story of one old woman's act of patriotism during a Confederate advance in the civil war. (summary by LauraFox) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. Download M4B (6MB)

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