For decades, roses and a bottle of cognac have appeared at the gravesite of Edgar Allan Poe on Poe's birthday each year. Now the mystery man has come forward, or so he says.

Edgar Allan Poe fan takes credit for graveyard legend (August 15, 2007)

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Have any PB members been to his house in Richmond?

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Independent Reformed Baptist Church (NE England, nr. Durham)

If any one has, it would be Andrew. ???

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For the sake of the Name,

John Hill
Faith Community - Woodstock, Ga
Adopted. Husband for 12 years. Father of 5 children.
http://faithcommunitychurch.org- My home church
Rocky Top, you'll always be, home sweet home to me.

Actually, I haven't (yet), though I hope to one day. When one lives close by so many historical landmarks, and when family members live in Richmond, it is easy for one to put off the sightseeing trip (I work in Washington, DC every day but only visit the Smithsonian occasionally). Maybe this will be a good homeschool field trip someday.

I was in Baltimore recently to visit the National Aquarium. I'd also like to visit the Poe sites there (I reckon I've been to the po' house before), and also see where J.G. Machen is buried.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

I used to frequent his folks house quite a bit until they changed the name from Po Folks to just plain Folks.

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For the sake of the Name,

John Hill
Faith Community - Woodstock, Ga
Adopted. Husband for 12 years. Father of 5 children.
http://faithcommunitychurch.org- My home church
Rocky Top, you'll always be, home sweet home to me.

Nice...

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I've noticed the same. I grew up in the Washington D.C/Baltimore area. My wife is from Arkansas. It's like pulling teeth to get me to sightsee around here because I grew up with it. I have to keep reminding myself that she hasn't (and the fact that my kids need to see it too!).

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Yes, it often happens that we only go sightseeing when folks come to visit. But there is so much around here for families to do and see.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

The location of the Poe house is actually in Baltimore. Every year the local news covers thie (non)event.

Conrad

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Conrad W. Judy, Jr.
Ruling Elder, Eastern Shore Reformed Presbyterian Church, Centreville, MD
James Pepper: You know, there's an old saying, Miss Sally. There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum?
John Simpson Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there. - Chisum (1970)

My favorite American author, trivial fact for you, he is credited as the first true creator of the detective mystery genre.

Arthur Conan Doyle even admits he modeled the format and intellect of Sherlock Holmes after a Poe character named Dupin, the detective protagonist from such classic yarns as "The Murders of the Rue Morgue".

Doyle said he read Poe's stories and longed to have his characters for himself so he adapted Dupin into Holmes, added some Victorian traits and the the rest is history.

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Travis Speegle
Redeemer Presbyterian, PCA (Waco, Tx)
Pacific Cross Roads, PCA (Los Angeles, CA)


"When it comes to trustworthy theologians one can usually honor the rule of thumb that the deader the better."-Dr. John Hannah, DTS (of all places)

Actually, he did have a house in Richmond; see the link to the museum above.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

Who was Edgar Allan Poe? I have heard of him, but do not know who he is or what he did.

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)

Something wasn't right about Poe. He married his 13 year old cousin. One author has it they never consumated the marriage and she remained a virgin. Not even sure that makes me feel any better about him.


Edgar Allan Poe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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~ Steven Bradford ~
Member Covenant Presbyterian, Chattanooga, TN

He is, IMO, the finest American poet ever was, having written "The Raven", "For Annie", and my personal favorite, "Annabel Lee."

He also wrote prose but I've never cared much for it. "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Mask of the Red Death", "The Fall of the House of Usher", etc.

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Anne Ivy
Christ Chapel Bible Church
Fort Worth, Texas

Married to Don, mother of six, grandmother to an ever-increasing brood.

The Ivy Vine (my blog)

These are good links. Cheers

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)

Sorry, I guess the point I was meaning to make was that his grave is in Baltimore, and this is where mysterious vistor places the flowers and cognac. Does this alos occur in richmond at his house?

Conrad

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Conrad W. Judy, Jr.
Ruling Elder, Eastern Shore Reformed Presbyterian Church, Centreville, MD
James Pepper: You know, there's an old saying, Miss Sally. There's no law west of Dodge and no God west of the Pecos. Right, Mr. Chisum?
John Simpson Chisum: Wrong, Mr. Pepper. Because no matter where people go, sooner or later there's the law. And sooner or later they find God's already been there. - Chisum (1970)

Gryphonette;

Interesting, those are the one's I actually liked...

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Bobbi Clark
Covenant Member
Pinewood Pres. (PCA) Middleburg

When I kept Silent, My bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Psalm 32:3

This is a funny send off of how Poe probably would have interpreted Humpty Dumpty had his own macabre mind penned the poem:

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Travis Speegle
Redeemer Presbyterian, PCA (Waco, Tx)
Pacific Cross Roads, PCA (Los Angeles, CA)


"When it comes to trustworthy theologians one can usually honor the rule of thumb that the deader the better."-Dr. John Hannah, DTS (of all places)

Poe is one of my faves & I have a book that has all his works. Not even scratched the surface as I have my hands full with seminary studies. Anyways did Poe know Latin & Classical Greek? German? He quotes a lot in other languages. I realize back then they were still teaching the Trivium in the schools so he was more learned than our kids nowadays.

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Frank O Fuentes
Church of THE King
McAllen, Texas
Student at Edinburg Theological Seminary

I'm working on an adaptation of "The Cask of Amontillado" as a short film , could be an exciting project, when it is done I'll see if I can post it on the PB.

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Travis Speegle
Redeemer Presbyterian, PCA (Waco, Tx)
Pacific Cross Roads, PCA (Los Angeles, CA)


"When it comes to trustworthy theologians one can usually honor the rule of thumb that the deader the better."-Dr. John Hannah, DTS (of all places)

Mystery man's annual visit to Poe grave (January 19, 2008)

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole