Today in History - September 19

The Saratoga campaign began on September 19, 1777.  Continue reading.

On September 19, 1819, English poet John Keats, inspired by the beauty of the changing season, wrote To Autumn, a three-stanza ode to the splendor, bounty, and melancholy of fall.  Continue reading.

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