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Dark of night and an old burying ground
are the stuff of which spine-tingling adven-
tures are made. Add to that the grave of
one of the world’s best-known writers of
morbid tales, and you have the potential
for a scary Halloween experience.
The
first two ingredients can be found
anywhere. But only in Baltimore can you
find the grave of Edgar Allan Poe.
It was a rainy October day in 1849 when
Poe was laid to rest in a back comer of the
old Westminster Burying Ground in Balti-
more. He had stopped in the city on
his
way from Richmond to New York and had
been found lying in a doorway on Lom-
bard
Street. He
lingered
in
delirium
for
five days, dying on October 7 at the age
of 40.
In 1875 the schoolchildren of Baltimore
raised money for a monument to Poe, and
at that time his remains were moved to a
more prominent spot, just inside the ceme-
tery
gate
at
the
corner
of Fayette and
Greene
Streets. The monument
will
be
rcdedicatcd
during
ceremonies
on
No-
vember
17.
Two
activities take
place
before
that,
though. Beginning at 1:30 a. in. on October
27, Baltimore Rent-a-Tour
offers an
In-
Perhaps the most famous person buried
at Westminster was Edgar Allan Poe. His grave
(below) lies just inside the gate at the
corner ofFayette and Greene Streets.
Westminster /jurying Ground, in downtown Baltimore, holds the graves of many
notablefigures from the city ’s history.
Photographs: Kim McRae
somniuc Tour that stops in the cemetery.
Participants will visit the catacombs under
Westminster Hall, which was once used as
a church, and have a glass of sherry during
a
poetry
reading
of “Annabel
Lee”
at
Poe’s grave.
Then, on October 31, the Westminster
Preservation Trust, inc., which takes care
of
the cemetery and Westminster
Hall,
ushers in Halloween with an open house.
The program
is geared toward
children,
and refreshments are served.
A walk through the grounds surround-
ing Westminster Hall almost seems like a
stroll
through
Baltimore’s
history.
The
city’s
first mayor,
as
well
as
three
later
ones, is buried here. So, too, are 15 gener-
als of the American Revolution and
the
War of 1812.
The most popular grave, though,
is that
of Poe. There’s a certain mystique about
the man who wrote such deep, dark tales.
What was he doing in Baltimore when he
died? The question has never been
satis-
factorily answered. And who, since
1949,
has left a half-empty bottle of cognac and
three red roses on his grave every January
19, the date of his birth?
For information about guided tours of
the Westminster Burying Ground, contact
Westminster Preservation Trust, Inc., 500
West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Mary-
land 21201; or telephone (301) 528-2070.
For
information
about
the
Insomniac
Tour,
contact
Baltimore
Rent-a-Tour,
3414 Philips Drive, Baltimore, Maryland
21208; or telephone (301) 653-2998.
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