as he wrote the words to a poem that has become known as “I heard the bells on Christmas Day.” It was 1863. The Civil War was raging. Longfellow had lost his wife in a fiery accident and his ...

I HEARD THE BELLS tells the inspiring true story behind the beloved Christmas carol and its author, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Known as America’s Poet, Henry leads an idyllic life – until the ...

The following year, 1861, America will need that music to counter the drum and bugle of civil war. Rising ... In those bells the message is clear: On Christmas day a Child was born in a stable.

2. I Heard Bells on Christmas Day "I Heard Bells on Christmas Day" is inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem written during the Civil War. This poignant carol expresses hope amidst despair ...

An elderly woman, surrounded by soldiers. surveys the destruction around her. Courtesy: National Archives Who is better suited to tell history than the people who experienced it? Read the stories ...