#1 Click this link to see 2009 News Photos page --> 01/21/2008

Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, walks away from original grave of Edgar Allen Poe with a bottle of cognac and roses left by a mysterious visitor, Saturday, Jan. 19th, 2008, in Baltimore. Since 1949 someone has marked Poe’s birthday by mysteriously leaving the items by the writer’s grave.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/20/2010 #3

Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, poses next to items left at the original grave site of author Edgar Allan Poe by the ‘Poe Toaster,’ Saturday, Jan. 19th, 2008. Poe will be feted at birthday parties in five cities in January celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth.

“Original grave site”, I wonder did somebody move him or what? Update: Okay - so I had to look it up. According to Wikipedia: #EdgarAllanPoe was buried after a small funeral at the back of Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, but his remains were moved to a new grave with a larger monument in 1875. It has been questioned if the correct corpse was moved. The 1875 monument also marks the burial place of Poe’s wife, Virginia, and his mother-in-law, Maria. Edgar Allan Poe MjL

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/12/2021 #3

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/07/2021 #1

In 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died (aged 40). #EdgarAllanPoe

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/19/2022 #1

In 1809, author, poet and critic Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston. #EdgarAllanPoe

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/29/2022 #1

In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s famous narrative poem The Raven ("Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary ——") was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. #EdgarAllanPoe

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