The "Mural Bridge" - Made of concrete and painted to look 3D.
Barbara Fritchie House, 154 West Patrick St, ☎ +1 301 698-8992. Call ahead for hours during which you can visit the interior (which is preserved in the period style when she lived there), as they are not regular. A Civil War era Union patriot and close friend of Francis Scott Key, Barbara Fritchie is perhaps best known for flying the Union flag outside her house as General Stonewall Jackson marched by on the Maryland Campaign. In memory of this event, John Greenleaf Whittier wrote his poem Barbara Frietchie, lines of which Winston Churchill recited by memory during his visit to the city. �
National Museum of Civil War Medicine, 48 E Patrick St, . As it is the national museum, it's big, encompassing several locations, as well as a big presence at Antietam National Battlefield. The exhibits demonstrate how medicine was practiced during the Civil War (which was a lesson in patient endurance), as well as track the leaps in the development of medicine during those times. �
Rose Hill Manor, 1611 N Market St, ☎ +1 301 600-1650, . A hands-on children's museum with folks in period costume and "rural activities" �
Monocacy National Battlefield, 4801 Urbana Pike (Take I-70 south of Frederick and exit Urbana Pike to the park), ☎ 301-662-3515, . daily, 8:30AM-5PM. Site of a summer 1864 Civil War battle between General Jubal Early of the Confederacy and General Lew Wallace of the Union.Free. �
Francis Scott Key Monument, Mount Olivet Cemetery, inside its main entrance. �
Roger Brooke Taney House, (Located on the right side of the street at 121 South Bentz Street). �
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