Watch "The Past and Present Here Unite"

"The Past and Present Here Unite," the park film for Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, explores the home's deep connections to our nation's past. First built as a home for sugar plantation owner and enslaver John Vassall Jr., it was then used by General George Washington as his headquarters during the siege of Boston. Over 60 years later, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would raise his family and write his most famous poems— shaping early America’s values and ideals, and creating a legacy that touches us even today. Watch the film online anytime!