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The Wadsworth-Longfellow House is open from June to October ... For more information, check out the Maine Historical Society. The Real Portland Tour: City and 3 Lighthouses Historical Tour ...
Lantern-hanging, a talk and readings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem 'Paul Revere's Ride' are scheduled as part of the ...
The anniversary will be marked by a range of events throughout Maine. (See info box below.) Longfellow (1807-1882) was born in Portland and ... as overgrown. The house itself was shown with ...
Lanterns were lit across the state, readings of Longfellow's epic poem were held in Augusta and Portland, and bells were rung ...
Paul Revere's famous ride, which started late on the night of April 18, 1775, was immortalized in the poem written by Portland native Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
In Portland, two lanterns will be hung in windows at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House and the Maine Historical Society's Brown Research library all weekend long. Here's a list of some of the events ...