Longfellow Park
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4.5 (37)A downtown pocket park anchored by a seated bronze statue of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Scottish marble.
Description
Set at the triangle formed by M Street and Connecticut Avenue NW, the memorial meets pedestrians and commuters moving through downtown Washington. It stands as one of the nation’s earliest tributes to American literary achievement, marking the widespread 19th-century esteem for the poet amid the daily rush of the city.