# Mystery Man Puts Cognac Bottle, Roses on Poe gravesite for 57 years

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**Created:** [January 19, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-man-puts-cognac-bottle-roses-on-poe-gravesite-for-57-years/340704 "2006-01-19T20:20:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-man-puts-cognac-bottle-roses-on-poe-gravesite-for-57-years/340704/1 "2006-01-19T20:20:54Z")

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> [BALTIMORE](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060119/ap_on_en_ot/poe_mystery_visitor) - For the 57th straight year, a mystery man paid tribute to Edgar Allan Poe by placing roses and a bottle of cognac on the writer’s grave to mark his birthday.

Amazing that a tradition like this has been carried on for so long, apparently by a father/son team.

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-man-puts-cognac-bottle-roses-on-poe-gravesite-for-57-years/340704/2 "2006-01-19T20:23:51Z")

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That’s really, really sweet. _sniffles tear_

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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-man-puts-cognac-bottle-roses-on-poe-gravesite-for-57-years/340704/3 "2006-01-19T20:30:36Z")

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It’s not the original guy anymore. The museum curator/caretaker said that the guy passed the torch to one of his sons.