Unknown individual noted for visits to the grave of Edgar Allan Poe
The Poe Toaster paid a stealthy visit to the cenotaph marking the site of Poe's original grave, in Baltimore, every January 19 for at least 60 years.
Poe Toaster is the media sobriquet used to refer to an unidentified person (or probably more than one person in succession) who, for several decades, paid an annual tribute to the American author Edgar Allan Poe by visiting the cenotaph marking his original grave in Baltimore, Maryland, in the early hours of January 19, Poe's birthday. The shadowy figure, dressed in black with a wide-brimmed hat and white scarf, would pour himself a glass of cognac (or cherry brandy,[1] amontillado,[2] or scotch whisky[3]) and raise a toast to Poe's memory, then vanish into the night, leaving three roses in a distinctive arrangement and the unfinished bottle of liquor. Onlookers gathered annually in hopes of glimpsing the elusive Toaster, who did not seek publicity and was rarely seen or photographed.
According to eyewitness reports and notes accompanying offerings in later years, the original Toaster made the annual visitation from sometime in the 1930s (though no report appeared in print until 1950) until his death in 1998, after which the tradition was passed to "a son".[4] Controversial statements were made in some notes left by the post-1998 Toaster. In 2010, there was no visit by the Toaster,[5] with absences in 2011 and 2012 signaling an end to the 75-year tradition.[6][7] However, in 2016 the Maryland Historical Society selected a new "Toaster" to revive the tradition.[8]
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^ (April 13, 1979). Poe's grave draws annual mystery visitor The Paducah Sun Retrieved September 30, 2023
^ (March 21, 1976). History with a Church on Top The (Baltimore) Sun Magazine Retrieved September 30, 2023
^Brumfield, Sarah (January 19, 2012). Poe fans call an end to 'Toaster' tradition. AP News Retrieved January 19, 2012
^"Mysterious Poe toaster fails to arrive for birthday tradition". The Baltimore Sun. Tribune Company. Associated Press. January 19, 2010. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
^Nuckols, Ben; White, Joseph (January 19, 2010). "Mystery visitor to Poe's grave is a no-show". Yahoo. Archived from the original on January 22, 2010.
^"Poe Fans Call an End to 'Toaster' Tradition". ABC News. January 19, 2012. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012.
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