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“world’s foremost 19th c. poet”
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves a remarkable Georgian house whose occupants shaped our nation. It was a site of colonial enslavement and community activism, George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution, and the place where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote his canon of 19th-century American literature.
Very cool and unexpected historical treat while visiting the Cambridge area. I wasn't aware that both Longfellow and Washington stayed at this amazing house (not at the same time of course).... Read more
This is a free NPS site, and the fact the Longfellow family preserved the house before making it public makes all the furnishings inside authentic, which isn't common. The tour was pretty good,... Read more
Neat little NPS site. Simple infrastructure but house is very well preserved with a lot of original decorations and furnishings. Tour was informative. Pretty unimaginative junior ranger. Not a... Read more
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Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters
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