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Macabre ball at the house of Edgar.(Metropolitan Times)(Life Times)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19980121
Author:Montgomery, Christine

BALTIMORE - It began with two guys - both great admirers of Edgar Allan Poe - who thought it would be "neat" to drink a birthday toast to their favorite author over the place where the man finally rests in peace.

A few folks found out about the graveside tribute outside Westminster Hall in downtown Baltimore, and they came along, too, that Jan. 19 some 16 years ago. The next year, a few more people came. Someone gave a reading.

It was all "very modest," said Chris Scharpf, a former volunteer at the Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum and the master of ceremonies for ...

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