poet graces tampa

December 21, 2006 | TBHC | Leave your thoughts!

130 years ago…

December 21, 1876 – Poet Sidney Lanier arrives in Tampa for what turns into a three-month stay. He wrote eleven poems while in Tampa, including Tampa Robins.

Courtesy of the Tampa Bay History Center.

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