whose plight is dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem Evangeline. It tells the story of lovers from Nova Scotia’s northern “forest primeval” who were separated during the ...

Paul Revere raced through the Massachusetts country side on horseback to warn patriot leaders that British soldiers were on ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...

Lanterns were lit across the state, readings of Longfellow's epic poem were held in Augusta and Portland, and bells were rung ...

Maine's Henry Wadsworth Longfellow made Revere and his mission to warn people of advancing British soldiers part of our national story with his 1860 poem "Paul Revere's Ride." Two Lights for ...

Stephen Longfellow, the father of acclaimed poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, initially secured the land grant to build the school, Bangor Daily News reports. The notes contained secretive ...

It also quoted from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous 1860 poem, "Paul Revere’s Ride," which turned the midnight journey into a national legend. While the actual ride was part of a larger ...

an Ojibway word meaning “northwest wind” mentioned in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha". Though mostly preserved, some 20% of the island remains in private ownership ...