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Bring Dead Longfellow Uncle Back to Maine?

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JULY 2011

This from the Maine Historical Society Newsletter in Portland, ME: “Efforts to repatriate the remains of Henry Wadsworth from Libya are gaining momentum. Wadsworth, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's uncle and namesake, was killed along with 12 fellow sailors when the USS Intrepid, the ship on which they were serving, exploded in Tripoli in 1804 during the First Barbary War. The bodies of those men have remained in unmarked graves, and legislation moving through the U.S. Congress seeks to bring them home.” (Continued Inside)

 


Continued from the Maine Historical Society (THE MHS operates the Longfellow House in Portland, ME)


“MHS Director Richard D'Abate recently told the Portland Press Herald that there are many unknowns in the effort to repatriate Wadsworth's remains, including whether the remains can be accurately identified and permission can be gained to bury them in Portland's Eastern Cemetery.

"If Henry Wadsworth could be identified and brought back to Portland, that would be a fine thing," D'Abate said. To learn more, read the complete article in the Portland Press Herald. 

 

"Remember the Intrepid" BLOGSPOT

 

The Intrepid was captained by Stephen Decator who has family ties to descdants in Kittery, Maine and was used int he famous raid when Decattur's men blew up the USS Philadelphia to keep the ship from the hands of the Barbay pirates after her capture. The Intrepid was on another spy mission when it blew up in 1804 killing the 12 crewmembers including Henry Wadsworth.


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