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Then in 1863, during the American Civil War, Longfellow's oldest son, Charles Appleton Longfellow, joined the Union Army without his father's blessing. Longfellow was informed by a letter dated March 14, 1863, after Charles had left. "I have tried hard to resist the temptation of going without your leave but I cannot any longer", he wrote.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
As Frances Longfellow wrote, "we are full of plans & projects with no desire, however, to change a feature of the old countenance which Washington has rendered sacred". [19] The Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site is noted for its garden on the northeast end of the property.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Former Major League Baseball infielder Lenny Randle, who played for several teams over 12 years in the bigs, has died, the Seattle Mariners said. He was 75.
Prior to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III had been the heir apparent to the British throne for seven decades. Charles held the position longer than anyone in the monarchy’s history.
On January 10, 1878, Dana married Edith Longfellow (1853–1915), the daughter of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Before her death in 1915, they had four sons and two daughters. [ 6 ] Edith's brother, Ernest Longfellow, disinherited some of their children for holding socialist and pacifist beliefs. [ 11 ]
For 30 years, Rose Bowl co-host Leeza Gibbons, 67, had a near-constant presence on network television.. From 1984 to 2000, she was a correspondent and co-host of Entertainment Tonight, and the ...