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The Poe Toaster to appear on the 19th?
http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm#Poe_Toaster ^ | 2000 | E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore

Posted on 01/11/2004 10:41:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The Poe Toaster
E.A. Poe Society of Baltimore
Since 1949, on the night of the anniversary of Poe's birth, a mysterious stranger has entered this cemetery and left as tribute a partial bottle of cognac and three roses on Poe's grave. The identity of the stranger, referred to affectionately as the Poe Toaster, is unknown. The significance of cognac is uncertain as it does not feature in Poe's works as would, for example, amontillado. The presumption for the three roses is that it represents the three persons whose remains are beneath the monument: Poe, his mother-in-law (Maria Clemm) and his wife Virginia. Out of respect, no attempt is made to stop or hinder him. Several of the bottles of cognac from prior years are on display in the Baltimore Poe House and Museum.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; History; Hobbies; Poetry; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: archaeology; baltimore; eapoe; edgarallanpoe; edgarallenpoe; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; halloween; history; poe
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To: Physicist

wow. a reply after 12 months. little behind, are we?


21 posted on 01/09/2006 5:39:40 PM PST by beebuster2000
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To: beebuster2000
Sorry. Blame Sunken Civ for resurrecting it.

Nevermore.

22 posted on 01/09/2006 5:57:25 PM PST by Physicist
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To: Physicist; beebuster2000

You mean better late than nevermore, right? :)


23 posted on 01/09/2006 8:08:38 PM PST by Chani (Life is fatal. The 100% statistic is compelling.)
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To: Physicist; beebuster2000; RightWingAtheist

I guess he died in the Poe house.

[rimshot!]


24 posted on 01/09/2006 8:12:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this URL -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/pledge)
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To: SunkenCiv

I was near Baltimore on a business trip so went up to see "The Harbor" and the Poe house. It is, unfortunately, in an absolutely crappy neighborhood, so drove by, glanced, and kept on going. Wanted to at least take a couple of pictures, but figured I'd get knocked in the head if I stopped.


25 posted on 01/17/2006 3:14:36 PM PST by FrogMom
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To: FrogMom

It wasn't a midnight dreary, by any chance...


26 posted on 01/17/2006 8:25:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: SunkenCiv

LOL!

No, actually a bright sunny spring afternoon. I enjoyed the hell out of the WWII sub that was in the harbor.


27 posted on 01/17/2006 9:54:28 PM PST by FrogMom
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To: Berosus; Do not dub me shapka broham; ValerieUSA; indcons; Pharmboy; Cincinatus' Wife; Coleus; ...

Anyone seen my Cask of Amontillado? I was just down in the basement and didn't see it.


28 posted on 01/18/2006 10:54:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: beebuster2000; Chani; Physicist; FrogMom; RightWingAtheist

http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/necromancer.htm


29 posted on 01/19/2006 1:15:14 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("Liberals aren't neighborhood people." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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To: SunkenCiv
Ugh.

Forgot to ping you to my last comment.

It's a quarter past four in the morning.

What do you expect?

:0}

-good times, G.J.P. (Jr.)

30 posted on 01/19/2006 1:16:28 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("Liberals aren't neighborhood people." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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To: SunkenCiv
Anyone seen my Cask of Amontillado? I was just down in the basement and didn't see it.

Hic!

31 posted on 01/19/2006 1:43:42 AM PST by Swordmaker (Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
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To: Swordmaker
LOL.
32 posted on 01/19/2006 2:24:38 AM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("Liberals aren't neighborhood people." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham

What?!? Why'd you ping me into a two year old thread?!? ;')


33 posted on 01/19/2006 8:53:06 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: Swordmaker

Dammit. I knew I should have had some locks put in.


34 posted on 01/19/2006 9:07:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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Poe toaster, regular search (for news search, see the reply-to message):
Google

35 posted on 01/19/2006 9:09:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: Berosus; Do not dub me shapka broham; ValerieUSA; indcons; Pharmboy; sourcery; blam; FairOpinion; ..
Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum, holds the three roses and cognac bottle left at Edgar Allan Poe's headstone and grave at Westminster Church, Baltimore, Maryland. Jan. 19, 2005.
Grave of Edgar Allen Poe
Poe Toaster again eludes those who want discover his identity
Dan Viens
For the 57th year in a row, a mystery man has paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer's grave to mark his birthday.

But this year, the curator of Baltimore's Poe House and Museum was saddened by disrespectful spectators. Jeff Jerome says some of the 25 observers at the tiny graveyard early this morning climbed over the walls and were "running all over the place."

The visitor managed to come and go without anyone stopping him. But because of the disruption, Jerome isn't giving details of what the mystery man was wearing, what he did at Poe's grave, and whether he left anything besides the roses and cognac, such as a note.

Jerome has seen the so-called Poe Toaster every January 19th since 1976.

36 posted on 01/19/2006 9:14:54 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: FrogMom

Whoops, forgot to ping ya...


37 posted on 01/19/2006 9:15:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: SunkenCiv
LOL.

For the heck of it?!

:_)

Seriously though, I've always been a fan of Poe.

Although my favorite short story writer is still Nathaniel Hawthorne.

If I lived in Baltimore I would definitely consider this.

:0)

38 posted on 01/19/2006 12:54:40 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("Liberals aren't neighborhood people." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Ironically, it turns out that the "Poe toaster" thought he was visiting the grave of David Allan Coe, who (it turns out) is still alive. ;')
39 posted on 01/19/2006 10:18:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv (In the long run, there is only the short run.)
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To: SunkenCiv
How can you tell?

:0)

40 posted on 01/19/2006 10:21:14 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("Liberals aren't neighborhood people." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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