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The City of Baltimore and Jeff Jerome, curator of the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum would like to thank the over 1,200 people who attended the various Poe Funeral week events. It was a difficult time to arrange for the late Mr. Poe's viewing and funeral service but it was outstanding and it became more of a celebration of Mr. Poe's life rather than an observance of his death. On October 7, 1849 only 7 mourners followed his corpse to the family plot but on October 11, 2009 over 200 people followed his hearse to the Westminster Hall! At the two services 700 people listened to speaker after speaker eulogize Mr. Poe. Mr. Poe now belongs to the ages and we look forward to another 200 years of celebrating his life and works. Be proud that you were part of Poe History. Peace to his manes.
EDGAR ALLAN POE'S FUNERAL PHOTO GALLERY
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Special Guests
H.B. Latrobe..........B.Thomas Rinaldi
Sarah Helen Whitman..........Helen McKenna-Uff
Reverend Rufus Griswold..........John Spitzer
Nathaniel P. Willis..........Ron Ward
George Lippard..........Tony Tsendeas
Marie Louise Shew.......... Elle Wilhite
Dr. John Moran .......... Scott Hicks
Walt Whitman .......... Darrel Blaine Ford
Charles Baudelaire .......... Christopher Moss
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle .......... J.R. Lyston
H.P. Lovecraft .......... Matthew Bowerman
Sir Alfred Hitchcock .......... Ronald Burr
The Tell-Tale Heart Narrator ..........?
Ellen Datlow (science fiction, horror, and fantasy writer/editor)
Mark Redfield (filmmaker, actor, and artist)
Gris Grimley (illustrator and filmmaker)
Hosted by John Astin (actor and educator) and
Jeff Jerome (curator of the Baltimore Edgar Allan Poe House Museum)
Special Musical Guests
Paula McCabe (Soprano Vocalist)
Ivan Stefanovic (Violinist)
Monte Maxwell (Organist)
Loch Raven Pipes and Drum (funeral procession)
Baltimore City Men's Chorus
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