Walt Whitman Reads “America”: The Only Surviving Recording of the Beloved Poet’s Voice

Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair’d in the adamant of Time.

Read and listen to it all.

On this 4th of July, let us reflect on the price of our independence and freedom. Happy 4th of July from Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i. 🇺🇸 #IndependenceDay #FourthofJuly pic.twitter.com/urcPgTeF6D

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