Day 110 - Edgar Allan Poe, author - 1809-1849

We're on a roll. Knowing we had yet another famous author who lived and was buried in Maryland, we made another cemetery run today to the gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe at Westminster Hall and Burying Ground in Baltimore MD.

Poe actually has two gravesites here. The original, shown above, was next to his grandfather and brother in the Poe family plot, towards the back of the cemetery. In 1875, after renewed interest grew for the neglected writer, a monument was added and his remains were re-buried, along with his wife and mother-in-law/aunt at the front of the cemetery. Fascinating Poe info can be found at the Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore.

Lew's post has photos of the house/museum where he lived as a young man and the monument burial site.

Oh, an added note and a little touch of irony to yesterday's post ... Francis Scott Key's son, Philip Barton Key, is also buried in this cemetery. He was murdered in Washington, DC by his lover's husband!

Ain't history fun? ;)

"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore' "

Someone has a sense of whimsy - this raven is attached to the front gate of the cemetery, right at the Poe monument.

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Lest you all think we only know where deceased authors are, not so! We also know that very-much-alive Tom Clancy (Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, etc.) lives down on Maryland's Eastern Shore. However, while I'm all for going to some lengths and/or an extra mile or so to get a good photo, the Eastern Shore is a good half a day away and, uhmmm... it's not gonna happen!