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May 2, 2024 · Explore the designed landscape, layered history, and rich museum collections of Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
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The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (also known as the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House and, until December 2010, Longfellow National Historic Site) is a historic site located at 105 Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 2 acres (0.81 ha)
- 50,784 (in 2015)
- October 9, 1972
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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.
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry W. Longfellow, one of the world's foremost 19th century poets. The house also served as headquarters for General George Washington during the Siege of Boston, July 1775 - April 1776.
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Ranger Anna discusses George Washington's development as a leader at his Cambridge Headquarters, as well as his shifting views on race, slavery, and freedom. H.W.L. Dana Papers, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.