Baltimore Gives Edgar Allen Poe the Funeral He Should Have Had

Baltimore to Give Edgar Allen Poe the Funeral He Should Have Had in 1849

Poe's body will lie in state at 203 Amity Street for 11 hours on Wednesday, October 7th for public viewing. Immediately following the viewing an all night public vigil will take place at the Poe Grave located in the Western Burial Grounds at Westminster Hall, located at the corner of Fayette Street and Greene Street, beginning at midnight until 7:00 am on Thursday, October 8th. TALK RADIO WCBM 680 AM will be set up at midnight with talk show host Les Kinsolving who will read The Raven with commentary

On Sunday, October 11, beginning at 11:30 am, an antique horse drawn funeral hearse will bring Poe's body from his Amity Street home to the Westminster Hall for the funeral services and internment. Under police escort the Loch Raven Drum and Pipe unit will lead the procession to the Westminster Hall. There will be one procession for the first service only, the second service is at 4:30 pm. John Astin will officiate over the two funeral services.

The funeral services will include a number of speakers including people who knew Poe, his literary acquaintances, writers who were influenced by him including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Baudelaire, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, H. P. Lovecraft, Walt Whitman and others. Living speakers will include science fiction, horror and fantasy editor Ellen Datlow, film maker Mark Redfield, artist and storyteller Gris Grimly and others to be announced. Music will be offered by The Baltimore Men's Chorus, The Monumental City Brass Quintet, violinist Ivan Stefanovic of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Paula McCabe, soloist at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, and Monte Maxwell, organist at the United State Naval Academy.

The Poe House and Museum has recreated the original tombstone of Poe and it will be unveiled during the funeral service. This will be the first time that the public will see what the original tombstone looked like. For more information about this event at http://www.poebicentennial.com/ . You need to purchase tickets for the viewing and for the funeral. Tickets are available until September 30, 2009 through the website, here.

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