Longfellow Victorian Wine Dinner
Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts
6:30 - 9:30 pm
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Saturday, FEBRUARY 27, 2010
Longfellow Birthday Celebration, Cambridge, Mass.
Story Chapel, Mount Auburn Cemtery
10:00 am - 12 noon
Longfellow National Historic Site, Mount Auburn Cemetery, and partners welcome the public to its annual celebration of the poet’s legacy.
This year Nick Littlefield, former aide to Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and Charles Ansbacher of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra will offer a multimedia presentation on the late senator’s fondness for “Paul Revere’s Ride” and narration of that poem to the orchestra’s musical setting.
Tea and coffee will be served at 9:30, and after the presentation there will be birthday cake in the chapel and a wreath-laying ceremony at the Longfellow family plot. Appropriate for children and families.
Longfellow Birthday Party, Portland, Maine
Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland
10:00 am - 12 noon
Join the Maine Historical Society for a family party to celebrate Longfellow’s 203rd birthday! Special guests include:
- Irwin Gratz, Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s local host of NPR’s Morning Edition
- Portland Mayor Nick Mavodones
- State Representative Herb Adams
Longfellow Birthday Party, Sudbury, Massachusetts
Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts
3:00 - 5:00 pm
The Longfellow Big Read program launches with a party cake and free books for people signing up for book discussion groups!
