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Tag Archives: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
rebirth again
________________________________________________________ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem that seems pertinent. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR Yes, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by … Continue reading
buried?
150 years ago a Southern newspaper found something to like in a Northern observance of Decoration Day. From The Daily Phoenix (Columbia, South Carolina) June 12, 1873: KIND WORDS FOR OUR SOUTHERN DEAD. Dr. Lillienthal, the well known Jewish pastor … Continue reading
Christmas Wonder
Way back in its August 14, 1869 issue, Harper’s Weekly profiled a famous American man of letters: HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. Now that LONGFELLOW — the most popular of American poets — is in England, the question is naturally asked, What … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Aftermath, American Culture
Tagged "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day", Charles A. Beard, Charles Appleton Longfellow, Christmas, Elizabeth Blackwell, Emma Goldman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Mary Hansen, Mary Ritter Beard, Mine Run Campaign, New York Foundling Hospital, Sister Mary Irene FitzGibbon
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merry Christmas?
For a time when I was growing up I loved playing and playing Christmas records on our family’s hi-fi – day after day throughout pre-Christmas December. I especially remember a couple of the W.T. Grant’s “A Very Merry Christmas” albums … Continue reading
