Garrett Cloer
National Park Service historian and park ranger (at the time of recording, supervisory park ranger at the Longfellow House) who specializes in Revolutionary-era sites and interpretation, discussing the Longfellow House as Washington's headquarters.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 1h 1min
BFW Revisited: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Garrett Cloer, a National Park Service historian who specializes in Revolutionary-era sites, guides listeners through the Longfellow House's dual lives. He discusses its Loyalist origins, Washington's nine-month headquarters during the Siege of Boston, daily life inside the command center, and how Henry Wadsworth Longfellow later turned it into a literary landmark. Short tours, gardens, and preservation stories round out the conversation.
