Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Born:     February 27, 1807
Portland, Maine, United States
Died:     March 24, 1882
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Rememberances of celebrated American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who would have turned 200 on Tuesday, are hard to escape in his native Portland, the place he described in "My Lost Youth" as "The beautiful town that is seated by sea."
In the heart of the downtown sits Wadsworth "Longfellow House", where the poet lived as a youth. It is a few blocks east of "Longfellow Square" and even closer to the "Longfellow Books". Some of the city's elementry pupils attend "Longfellow" school. Older people can order a locally brewed "Longfellow Winter Ale" in a nearby bar or restaurant.