Category Archives: Highlandtown

Pennies for Poe: Near the Diner Grill, A Bowl of Change for the Literary Giant

Posted on April 20, 2011 by atomictv

By Laura Vozzella (Baltimore Sun, 4/13/2011) Baltimore schoolkids collected pennies nearly 150 years ago to save Edgar Allan Poe the indignity of lying in an unmarked grave. Now another “Pennies for Poe” campaign is under way, this time with the … Continue reading →

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Baltimore Balloon Aeronaut’s Deadly Final Performance (1905)

Posted on April 5, 2011 by atomictv

By George Gipe (The Baltimore Sun, 10/14/1973) An Afternoon’s Diversion in the Good Old Days John August, balloon acrobat, gives a memorable final performance Sunday, September 9, 1905: A half mile above the row houses of East Baltimore, 25-year-old John … Continue reading →

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