(WDBJ) – May 31, 1819:
Walt Whitman, American poet, journalist, and essayist was born in New York.
His verse collection Leaves of Grass is a landmark in the history of American literature.
The Library of Congress holds the world’s largest Walt Whitman manuscript collection, numbering some 20,000 items and including many original notebooks.
Gray Media, parent company of WDBJ7, is celebrating the upcoming 250th birthday of the United States of America with a year-long look at our country called “We the People”.
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