Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Yesterday I wrote about the patriotic myth of “Paul Revere’s Ride,” ...

A personally reticent but politically active early Atlantic contributor, John Greenleaf Whittier was an ardent abolitionist, involved in numerous anti-slavery groups and publications. In the poem ...

John Greenleaf Whittier wrote the “Ballad of Barbara Frietchie” which first appeared in the Atlantic Monthly in October, 1863. He received heated protests, as well as praise. The debate made headlines ...

For decades, schoolchildren had to memorize a famous poem that begins with these words: Up from the meadows rich with corn, clear in the cool September morn; The clustered spires of Frederick stand, ...

FREDERICK, Md. - Did Barbara Hauer Fritchie really hang a U.S. flag from the window of her West Patrick Street house in defiance of passing Confederate troops? That's a controversial issue. John ...

Then Stonewall Jackson, marching his Confederate troops through Frietchie's hometown of Frederick, Md., told his men, according to the poet, "Who touches a hair of yon gray head dies like a dog! March ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Did Barbara Hauer Fritchie really hang a U.S. flag from the window of her West Patrick Street house in defiance of passing Confederate troops? That's a controversial issue. John ...

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