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Longfellow National Historic Site

site, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

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The Longfellow National Historic Site is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a prominent 19th-century American poet. Longfellow is celebrated for works such as The Song of Hiawatha and "Paul Revere's Ride". The site preserves the Craigie House, where Longfellow lived and worked for many years. This house, later gifted to him as a wedding present, is where he wrote many of his famous poems. The site offers a glimpse into the life and legacy of one of America's most beloved literary figures.1

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