Senator Kirk wants to change the name of Cambridge's Longfellow House Nov 5, 2009
A new Henry Wadsworth Longfellow exhibit is at the Houghton Library at Harvard through April 24 ... S.1405 will make a long overdue correction to the name of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House in Cambridge. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards' graves, resurrects their works with readings Nov 1, 2009
Over the course of his 90-day journey, Skold visited the gravesites of giants of the poetry world including Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as lesser-known poets like Dudley Randall, whose Broadside Press published many leading African-American writers. He's making a film documentary called "Finding Frost: Digging Up America's Dead Poets." Next year, he hopes to scout out America's dead poets buried in Europe. (FOX61, CT)
Founder Of Dead Poets Society Visits Bards' Graves Nov 1, 2009
Over the course of his 90-day journey, Skold visited the gravesites of giants of the poetry world including Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as lesser-known poets like Dudley Randall, whose Broadside Press published many leading African-American writers. He's making a film documentary called "Finding Frost: Digging Up America's Dead Poets." Next year, he hopes to scout out America's dead poets buried in Europe. (KIRO TV, WA)
Founder Of Dead Poets Society Visits Bards' Graves Nov 1, 2009
Over the course of his 90-day journey, Skold visited the gravesites of giants of the poetry world including Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as lesser-known poets like Dudley Randall, whose Broadside Press published many leading African-American writers. He's making a film documentary called "Finding Frost: Digging Up America's Dead Poets." Next year, he hopes to scout out America's dead poets buried in Europe. (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)
Founder Of Dead Poets Society Visits Bards' Graves Nov 1, 2009
Over the course of his 90-day journey, Skold visited the gravesites of giants of the poetry world including Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as lesser-known poets like Dudley Randall, whose Broadside Press published many leading African-American writers. He's making a film documentary called "Finding Frost: Digging Up America's Dead Poets." Next year, he hopes to scout out America's dead poets buried in Europe. (KIRO TV, WA)
Cambridge Savings Bank celebrates 175 years Oct 27, 2009
It was rumored to have such famous customers as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Henry David Thoreau. Today, the bank has 16 branches located throughout Middlesex County, including the flagship branch that is immediately visible when you exit the Harvard T stop. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
In 1809, a bizarre burial for a 'mad' general Oct 24, 2009
In 1809, his only son, Isaac, journeyed 900 miles round-trip from Eastern Pennsylvania to Western Pennsylvania to return his father's remains to the family plot in Wayne, Chester County, at Old St. David's, an Episcopal church immortalized in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Instead of poetry, a series of horrific events unfolded. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Boston’s teens in print Oct 22, 2009
BOSTON IS known for its writers, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Phillis Wheatley to the more than 75 authors who will appear at the inaugural Boston Book Festival in Copley Square on Saturday. But there are thousands of other writers who are as diligent, creative, thoughtful, and articulate as their more famous peers. (Boston Globe)
What to Read After The Historian Oct 9, 2009
At this time four of the greatest literary minds in American history (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J.T. Fields) come together to translate Dante s great work into English. Soon all four men are forced to decipher what the murders mean. (Suite101.com)
Art and The American Civil War Sep 21, 2009
Harriet Beecher Stowe s novel Dred used the area as a backdrop, and it was additionally the setting for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s poignant poem "The Slave in The Dismal Swamp.". Sources. (Suite101.com)
Colonial Occupations in Early Ameri... Aug 30, 2009
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s poem The Village Backsmith begins with the line, Under a spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands; Longfellow s poem, written in the 19th-Century, refers romantically to an earlier period when colonial Americans identified with villages. A Smith or smithy was a skilled worker in metals. (Suite101.com)
Green Space: Horse chestnut an impressive tree Aug 20, 2009
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s poetry lines, Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands creates visions of a classical village green tree. The tree has a bushy, wonderful, domed crown and canopy. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Titcom’s Bookshop in East Sandwich celebrates 40th anniversary Aug 2, 2009
Each, too, had a connection to Cambridge resident Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the most popular poet of their time. On the lawn of Longfellow s house next Sunday at 4 p.m., historians Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Jill Lepore, and other Harvard faculty will read poetry written by these iconic figures. (Boston Globe)
Breakfast/brunch held for Mynders FCE club members Jul 21, 2009
As a devotion, Mrs. McClure gave a rendition of The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She followed with a prayer for the men and women past and present in uniform. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Lobster-rich Maine won't cost a tail and a claw Jun 27, 2009
is where famed poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow grew up in downtown Portland in the early 19th century. Now owned by the Maine Historical Society at 489 Congress St., it has been preserved as a memorial to Longfellow and his family. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Palin Descent from Mayflower Pilgri... Jun 27, 2009
Famous Brewster descendants include chef Julia Child, singer Bing Crosby, actress Katharine Hepburn, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, politicians Jay and Nelson Rockefeller, U. S. Presidents Zachary Taylor and William Taft, and airplane pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright. SOURCES: Presented by William Addams Reitwiesner, a Library of Congress staff member, from data primarily compiled by genealogists Robert Battle and Michael Hurdle; arranged in this form by the current author. (Suite101.com)
Rain doesn't dampen Open storylines Jun 19, 2009
By Mike Lopresti, Gannett FARMINGDALE, N.Y. As Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who never waited for a tee time at Bethpage Black, once wrote, "The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.". But never mind the poetry. (USA Today -- Sports)
Appleton Family Bible Records Jun 6, 2009
Fanny Appleton: Wife of Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... This set includes Frances (Fanny) Appleton, wife of great American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born Feb. 27, 1807, Portland, Maine, and Frances E. Appleton, married July 13, 1843. (Suite101.com)
Library to receive grant May 20, 2009
Kindergarten to Grade 3: Walt Whitman: Words for America by Barbara Kerley; Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull; Cosechando esperenza: La historia de C/sar Chvaz by Kathleen Krull (translated by Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy);The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Sweet Music in Harlem by Debbie Taylor. Grades 4 to 6: "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich; "American Tall Tales" by Mary Pope Osborne; "On the Wings of Heroes" by Richard... (Yanceyville Caswell Messenger, NC)
• Hagerman library, historical society may share building May 19, 2009
Stobart said the library plans to add a "We the People" shelf to house books such as the illustrated edition of "1776" by David McCullough and "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Also, library board member Lori Johnson resigned and Jasmine Call will take her seat. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Longfellow House celebrates 250 years May 11, 2009
Longfellow National Historic Site was home to America s most popular 19th Century poet and scholar, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and his family from 1837-1950. Built in 1759, the house also served as headquarters and home for Washington during the Siege of Boston, 1775-1776. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
poets ranked by beard weight May 9, 2009
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)Beard type: Dutch ElongatedTypical opus: The Village BlacksmithGravity (UPI rating): 24. William Cullen Bryant (1794 1878)Beard type: Van WinkleTypical opus: To a WaterfowlGravity (UPI rating): 43. (Harper's Magazine)
Following Boston's other historic trail Apr 20, 2009
Later the building housed Ticknor and Fields, publishers of, among others, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Nowadays, chain bookstores are located nearby, but these stores, despite delicious lattes, do not follow in Hutchinson's tradition of independence; a central office decides what books are available in Boston or Anchorage or Nashville. (Boston Globe)
Jose Mateo Theatre, Mount Auburn Cemetery vie for restoration funds Apr 18, 2009
Mount Auburn Cemetery which counts many Bay State luminaries among its permanent guests, including the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow also did an e-mail blast and placed a computer at the main entrance for visitors. They don t even have to wait to go home and vote, said Bree Harvey, director of education and visitor services at Mt. Auburn. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Resurrecting a storied past Apr 6, 2009
Until now, the Old North Church has been a cherished relic from the beginning of the war for independence, a place that the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow brought lasting notoriety with "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.". Through this unprecedented study, the bones underneath the wooden floor of the Old North Church might reacquire some of the recognition that vanished with their lives. (Boston Globe)
Cache Valley rich in music Apr 1, 2009
Music is the universal language of mankind, wrote Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. One of the special things about Cache Valley is the plethora of musical talent abounding. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Wellesley Symphony Orchestra to present free family concert Mar 14, 2009
The major piece on the program will be The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, music by Julian Wachner setting the beloved poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It was written for the Boston Landmarks Orchestra and premiered in a children s concert at the Boston Common on June 19, 2004. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to keep trade group Mar 13, 2009
Among the authors it has published are Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Wal do Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Mark Twain. About 125 employees work for the division in New York and Boston out of a total Houghton Mifflin workforce of about 4,000. (Boston Globe)
Easter Bunny Quotes Add Spring Spee... Feb 21, 2009
"Twas Easter-Sunday/The full-blossomed trees/Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer." ~ Douglas Horton (famed 19th-20th century clergyman). (Suite101.com)
Key to reviving Georgia's chestnut trees may lie in the past Feb 11, 2009
A chestnut even figures in the opening line of The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. They were part of the life cycle two centuries ago. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
