sheshines92:

bethewalrus:

aspaceinvader:

‘A 60-year annual tradition that involved a mysterious visitor leaving roses and a bottle of cognac at the grave of writer Edgar Allan Poe on the anniversary of his birthday appears to have ended.

In a custom dating back to 1949, an anonymous visitor has come every year on Jan. 19 to lay three roses and a half-bottle of cognac at the Poe grave marker in downtown Baltimore.

But on Tuesday morning, there were no roses or cognac at the grave.

Since 1977, Jerome and a small group of Poe enthusiasts have made their own tradition of keeping an overnight vigil at the church cemetery where Poe is buried to catch sight of the visitor.’

:/ Sad day. I remember hearing about the tradition. I can’t believe it’s been broken.