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Poe Finally Gets A Fitting Funeral In Baltimore

by Allison Keyes, NPR
October 12, 2009

Hundreds of people gathered in Baltimore on Sunday for a funeral service for writer Edgar Allan Poe. It's one of many events marking the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth. The ceremonies were more befitting the great writer than the hastily arranged event that actually marked his passing in 1849.

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