Give the dope a shovel and show him the burying area and wish him good luck .

Poe had strong Baltimore roots. His great-grandfather, John Poe, moved to Baltimore from Ireland in 1755. His grandfather, David Poe Sr., pretty much went broke serving as assistant deputy quartermaster of the Continental Army. He, too, is buried is Westminster Cemetery (Lafayette paid tribute to him when he made his American tour in 1824), as is Poe's wife (and first cousin) Virginia Clemm Poe. Desperate and broke after a stint at West Point, he came to Baltimore in 1832 and was rescued from perdition by John Pendleton Kennedy, who helped him financially, and got him a job as assistant editor of the Southern Literary Review in Richmond in 1835. That full-time job enabled him to marry Virginia.

Long story short, Poe's work belongs to America, but his remains belong with his family in Baltimore.

Isn't Maryland already in the South?

Having grown up in the New England, Baltimore sure seems like the South to me. Folks actually wait for the walk light before crossing the street here. But Richmonders don't really consider Northern Virginia part of the south, and they probably feel the same way about Baltimore.

NEVER SAY NEVERMORE

NEWSWIRE--A scholar of Edgar Allen Poe says that because the author wrote most of his works in Philadelphia, his burial place should be moved to there from Baltimore.

As they do in Philly often, folks will dream of how the coffin
Of the hometown author Edgar might escape the Harbor Shore:
Pennsylvania, he should be in; they're prepared for his debris, in
Hopes his casket might be stolen, stolen as it holds his gore.

'Til that town with love of brothers gets some shovels on the chore,
Poe remains in Baltimore.

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Light verse, ripped from the headlines

Maryland's official spokesperson and purported authority on Poe missed the fact last year that there is absolutely no legal basis for this debate, and last year made silly slurs against Philadelphia that would embarrass an elementary schoolyard.
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This year, he attacks loudly and zealously the Liberty Bell, despite having a whole year to figure out the case of the missing issue or consider the disrespect this showed for Poe. But his attack I assume he intended was against Philadelphia went far too far this time, slurring a national monument that not only represents the formation of the United States as a whole, it stood as a symbol for abolitionists, giving strength to those who fought against slavery, it played a crucial role in World War II, and toured the country by train to permit the nation's citizens to glean strength from its formidable presence.

All I have to say is this- the person . . .went too far especially in light of all those young men and women who are dying in foreign countries in the name of freedom. It isn't funny, it isn't appropriate, . . , I have one question for you, since I give you far more credit than this person - isn't it time we ended this reign of errors?.