Category: Edgar Alan Poe

August 15, 2007

Former Poe curator claims credit for starting cognac and roses tradition

Filed under: History, Edgar Alan Poe - 15 Aug 2007

Sam Porpora, who is 92 and lives in the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, is claiming credit for starting the tradition of putting roses and a cognac toast on the grave of Edgar Alan Poe on Poe’s birthday. Porpora, …

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