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Longfellow Days Celebration, Brunswick, Maine

     

A Brunswick community celebration of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow!

Here and abroad, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best known as a poet. However, he was also a linguist, an early teacher of modern languages and a distinguished translator from Spanish, French, Italian and the languages of German, Nordic and Icelandic cultures. Longfellow’s distinctly American verse was influenced by foreign travel and cross-cultural immersion. As he introduced the world to our country’s legends and traditions, so also he exposed Americans to the literary heritage of Europe.

Inspired by the poet's travels, fluency in many languages, abiding interest in European literatures, and special role as Ambassador of good will from and to America, we have chosen an international theme for this year's - our fifth - annual program. We will have an award winning National Geographic photographer and an Everest expeditioner as speakers, launch a permanent community exhibit of writings and images from abroad -bring yours!- at Frontier, offer a reader's theater performance with a stellar local cast at the Theater Project, and so much more.

You're Invited!

Join us for an eclectic mix of family entertaiment and educational experiences. Enjoy top-flight lectures, poetry-readings, concerts, exhibits and tours. The public is invited - bring the kids! This is a unique opportunity to enjoy a community-wide mix of entertainment, history and cultural enrichment. Most activities are free, some charge. See details of events below.

 

Longfellow Days Events!

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Longfellow

Are you up on your Longfellow?

Read the "Wikipedia" article on Longfellow

Read about his poem Evangeline, and read the poem itself here.

Tell me more about Longfellow and his relationship to Brunswick, Maine

View the Bowdoin College page on Longfellow

Trivia Question#1:
What American music artist recorded an album in 1981 named "Evangeline"?
Answer

Trivia Question#2:
Evangeline was a popular baby name, ranking in the top 1000 names given to baby girls born in the US until what decade?
Answer:

Horse rides
above: dozens of family events are planned. See calendar at left.

 

About: Longfellow and Brunswick, Maine

Longfellow graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick along with his
classmate, Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1825.  He served as Bowdoin's first
professor of modern languages, creating his own text books for the courses
and residing with his bride, Mary Potter, in a home that later became the
second story of the home of Brunswick's Civil War hero, Joshua Chamberlain.

Trivia Question#1:
What American music artist recorded an album in 1981 named "Evangeline"?
ans: Emmylou Harris

Trivia Question #2:
Evangeline was a popular baby name, ranking in the top 1000 names given to baby girls born in the US until what decade?
ans: starting with 1900 until the 1960's, Evangeline was in the top 1000 names given
to baby girls across the US. Source: Mid Coast Hospital website
which uses data from the Social Security administration.

 

 



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