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Mar 02, 2007 "Building a Better Community Through Communication" Vol 36, Number 9


Charlena Walker

  Longfellow
Longfellow
Longfellow found at Pennell.
February 26 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of poet Henry Wardsworth Longfellow. A year-long celebration will note the life of the Maine native. Born in Portland, Longfellow came from a long line of New England ancestors. As a child he seemed destined for success. At seven he had gone further in Latin than other boys twice his age. At thirteen he published his first poem "The Battle of Lovell's Pond" in The Portland Gazette; at fourteen he entered Bowdoin College. By 1863 he had become a poet who delighted America and charmed the world. Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.

A plaster bust of Henry Wardsworth Longfellow was presented to Pennell Institute by the class of 1893 during graduation ceremonies of the class of 1913. It was rescued from the depths of the Pennell cellar and presented to the Gray Historical Society in 1970. There is a copy of the 1913 class commencement ceremonies noting that the presentation was made by 1893 graduate, Stephen Morrill.

Members of the class of 1893 were: George Hawkes, Clara Haskell Twombly, Charles K. Freeman, Susie Hall Sawyer, Harry L. Libby, Clarence A. Libby, Stephen A. Morrill, Ella Ramsdell Whitney, Alma Savoy Higgins, Marion Smith Manning, Leonard B. Tripp, Mertie Skillings Larrabee and Edward T. Frank.


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