Valentine's Day is in the air along with love and mystery in Baltimore. The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum and Poe Baltimore are hosting events in the city to celebrate the author and the holiday itself. You can take the Edgar Allan Poe Death in Baltimore Bus Tour with a 90-minute ride around the town.
“Explore the enduring mystery of Poe’s tragic death on a special Bus Tour of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and Death in Baltimore. The 90-minute tour ticket includes stops at four important Poe Places around Baltimore, including Poe’s graves (he has two!) plus the sites where Poe was found and passed away. Bus ticket also includes tour of the Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum.”
Source: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum/Poe Baltimore
Information on the tour here.
You could stop by Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe's grave and leave a rose to commemorate her bicentennial.
On Valentine's Day, there will be a special event with a reading of Virginia's Valentine poem to Edgar streamed on Facebook and Youtube on the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum/Poe Baltimore Facebook page. Details of the event are below:
“In Her Own Words: A Valentine for Edgar Allan Poe, February 14 (virtual event, Facebook Live & YouTube) Virginia Poe was Edgar Allan Poe's devoted wife (and first cousin.) Though widely believed to be the inspiration for Poe's writing and recurring themes of dark beauty and doomed devotion, only one piece of writing from his wife survives an acrostic Valentine to Edgar in 1846, less than a year before she would die at the age of 24. Listen to a special recording of Virginia's own love words to her husband, then join us for a graveside chat with Dean Knight of the Poe Museum (Richmond) for a talk about the marriage of Edgar Allan Poe to Virginia, including Edgar's proposal of marriage. 7 PM Eastern.”
You'll find information on this streaming event on their page here.
Love and hearts and all the mysteries surrounding them can be yours this happy holiday!
