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George Washington slept here. Yes, he really did. The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House, sometimes called "Castle Craigie," in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was George Washington's headquarters after he arrived in July 1775. This was long before it became home to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of our most famous poets. It's one of those places where visitors think, "If only these walls could talk."
The newly married Mr. and Mrs. Longfellow received the home as a wedding present in 1843. In 1972, one hundred and twenty-nine years later, it was donated to the National Park Service.
The 2009 Summer Festival is underway at Longfellow National Historic Site. The next event will be a "Salute to John Updike" on June 28, at 4 p.m., when Christopher Lydon, journalist, TV and radio personality; X. J. Kennedy, poet and editor; and F.D. Reeve, poet and scholar will pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike.
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
617-876-4491
Learn more about "A Salute to Updike" and all the other events scheduled from now through the end of August, in the Summer Festival 2009 brochure.
Download the beautiful and interesting Longfellow National Historic Site brochure.
Read or download issues of the Longfellow House Bulletin, from its inception in 1996 through the current volume. These publications are filled with unexpected stories, from Summer Memories—Splendor in the Longfellow Grass, with pictures and text about summers at Longfellow House, to Discovering the Furry and Feathered Members of the Longfellow Family.
For more info: Longfellow National Historic Site News
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