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Alan Seeger
Alan Seeger
(22 June 1888 – 4 July 1916) was an American
war poet
who fought and died in
World War I
during the
Battle of the Somme
, serving in the
French Foreign Legion
. Seeger was the brother of
Elizabeth Seeger
, a children's author and educator, and
Charles Seeger
, a noted American pacifist and musicologist; he was also the uncle of folk musicians
Pete Seeger
,
Peggy Seeger
, and
Mike Seeger
. He is lauded for the poem "
I Have a Rendezvous with Death
", a favorite of President
John F. Kennedy
. A statue representing him is on the monument in the
Place des États-Unis
,
Paris
, honoring those American citizens who volunteered to fight for the
Third French Republic
while their country was still neutral and lost their lives during the war. Seeger is sometimes called the "American
Rupert Brooke
".
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