Quick story:
I was killing time in downtown Baltimore waiting for my appointment with an onboarding specialist, who was getting the last of my UMMS hospital credentials together. She was to escort me into the bowels of the ship to have my photo ID made. Until then, I wandered over to the Westminster Hall (formerly Presbyterian Church) and Cemetery where Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) and several of his family members are interred. His likeness was, therefore, fresh in my mind when I was waiting for my mugshot. And as I sat in the chair pondering things, his visage suddenly emerged from the tile floor (circled above)… and just then, from behind the wall, I began to hear a faint heartbeat… that steadily grew louder!
Other famous people buried there (from Wikipedia):
Edward Johnson (1767-1829) — mayor of Baltimore during the British attack in September 1814 (War of 1812)
Philip Barton Key (1818-1859) — son of Francis Scott Key who was shot and killed by Daniel Sickles (who later as a General Sickles was nearly the “goat of Gettysburg” where he also lost his leg to a cannon ball), his lover’s husband. Note that Sickles was the first person to successfully use the “temporary insanity” plea after killing Mr. Key in Lafayette Square, Washington DC on Feb 27, 1859.
James McHenry (1753-1816) — signer of the US Constitution and Secretary of War. He is the namesake for Fort McHenry.
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