Emily Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens

"Fun with the Family"

If you have a poetry fan in the family, be sure to walk by the Emily Dickinson Homestead near the campus of Amherst College. Dickinson was born and spent most of her life in this house. Her gravesite, at West Cemetery on Triangle Street, is not far from the house. Ask for directions, and recite one of her poems over her grave, as do the UMass American poetry students. Don’t forget to go next door to visit the Evegreens, home of Emily’s brother, Austin, and sister-in-law, Susan, which remains as it once was, untouched by time! The tour entitled “This Was a Poet” is the most captvating for kids.