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May Special Event
The Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site is open Wed. - Sun., 9am -5pm.
The site address is 532 North 7th Street (7th & Spring Garden Streets)
Saturday, May 23, 2:00 PM
As part of the ongoing celebration of Poe’s Bicentennial, Tony McGowan, an English professor at West Point, will speak on Poe’s military experience and how it influenced Poe’s writing.
Poe has many connections to military life. His grandfather, David Poe, was a Deputy Quartermaster in Baltimore during the American Revolution. As a youth Edgar Poe was a lieutenant in the Richmond Junior Volunteers, which had the honor of receiving Lafayette. Poe joined the U.S. Army under the name “Edgar Perry”, advancing to sergeant-major in less than two years, serving as an artificer. His officers recommended him for West Point, where he stayed for just a matter of months. In 1831, he published his third book, Poems, which was dedicated to the cadets at West Point. This event is free, will be at the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site at 7th and Spring Garden Streets in Philadelphia and is sponsored by the National Park Foundation.
For more information call (215) 597-8780.
Please review other upcoming Bicentennial Calendar of Events
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