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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The story is often repeated that, at Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's funeral in March 1882, an aging Ralph Waldo Emerson paid his respects at...
22 months ago

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters

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Ranger Kate discusses Henry Longfellow's rise as America's preeminent 19th century poet, as well as his family life and literary circle.
38 months ago

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Margaret Fuller

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Margaret Fuller, seated next to Richard Henry Dana Sr. Detail from "Authors of the United States," engraved by Alexander Hay Ritchie after...
22 months ago

There’s 180 years of queer history at 105 Brattle

Cambridge Day
Alice Longfellow sits in front of her cottage in Manchester with three companions: Fanny Stone, center, Harry Dana, right, and Karl, left,...
30 months ago

LGBTQ History - Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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We, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer people (LGBTQ), all the subdivisions of the sexual and gender minority community,...
3 months ago

Volunteer Ted Hansen Receives Region 1 Hartzog Award Honorable Mention

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Long-time Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site volunteer Ted Hanson has received the Honorable Mention for the...
22 months ago

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site joined in celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment this month.
52 months ago

Preserving the LGBTQ Legacy of One of America’s Most Historic Homes

Atlas Obscura
Think of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow—what comes to mind? High school English class? If you're a fan, maybe “Paul Revere's Ride” or “A Psalm...
18 months ago

Brief life of writer-reformer Edward Everett Hale, by Jeffrey Mifflin

Harvard Magazine
Harvard witnessed a wave of enthusiasm for photography in the spring of 1839, inspired by the restlessly inquiring mind of senior Edward Everett Hale.
16 months ago

Formal Garden - Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)

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The formal garden you see today is a restoration of a Colonial Revival garden commissioned by Alice Longfellow, daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
78 months ago