August 2026

The 2026 Longfellow Summer Festival

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upcoming schedule

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NPS welcome film

The Past and Present Unite at 105 Brattle Street

We have National Parks across this great nation of ours but how many are in your backyard? For those of us who live in the greater Boston area, The Longfellow House–Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site is just a stroll from Harvard Square in Cambridge. Stop by and tour the grounds, enjoy live music or poetry on the lawn. House tours begin on May 22. Bring your friends.

2026 NPS Info

We Support The National Park Service in a Variety of Ways.

Past Events

Memories of 2025

2025 Longfellow Summer Arts Festival
Arts Fellowship Dance Performance
Juneteenth 2025
History comes to life
Darby Vassall is in the house
General Washington's arrival marks the 250th anniversary of The Siege of Boston
A moment in History
Author J. L. Bell enlists for duty
We (Too) The People Poetry Series: Robert Pinsky
We (Too) the People Poetry Series: Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco
Berklee Music Series: Luke Walker
Music on the Lawn
Fall closes in on the government shutdown
2025 Longfellow Holiday Open House
Ranger Chris welcomes visitors
House Tours begin here
Merch Table
2025 Holiday Open House
The second floor is closed this evening
The holiday party is at the Longfellow House
An old Friend rocks around the Christmas tree
Our president, Tom Paine, as the Christmas tree
And to all a goodnight and goodbye to 2025

Knox Trail 250

On Saturday March 7, 2026, we took a trip across the Charles River to visit our friends at the Roxbury Historical Society to celebrate the Knox Trail 250. This reenactment depicts the arrival of cannon to the Right Wing Headquarters of General Thomas to be placed at Dorchester Heights. The Dillaway–Thomas House commanded the front lines of the Siege of Boston.