Walt Whitman’s Birth-day
Walt Whitman was born on this day, May 31st, 1819, at West Hills, Huntington, Long Island.
[Walt Whitman’s birthplace – Photograph courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C]
Later on in his life:
“After more than forty years’ absence, the author of Leaves of Grass, and founder of this paper [sic] has been visiting our town the past week in company with Dr. R. M. Bucke, of London, Canada, who is engaged in writing a life of “the good gray Poet.” They put up at the Huntington House, and spent several days in calls … Read More