This Day in History: Walt Whitman’s Birthday, May 31
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Whitman, America’s poet, was born on this day in 1819. See a few programs that have aired on PBS in the past, watchable online.
American Experience: Walt Whitman
The entire show is online; sections include his relationship with New York; his volunteer efforts and poetry around the civil war; his old age and rethinking of his work in Southern NJ.
I Hear America Singing:
This older performance special of American song includes an extensive essay about the relationship between Whitman and song/music, and who later drew on Whitman’s work as inspiration for their own music.
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