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Coins are an older form of leaving flowers, a practice prompted by the heavy Romanticism. Also for respect, or it came from the older tradition of giving money to Charon (the "transporter" of the underworld) to get passage past the river "styx"

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What state is Edgar Allan Poe's grave in?

Poe's grave is in Baltimore, Maryland.


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What 60 year old tradition involving the gravestite of Edgar Allan Poe was broken today January 19 2010?

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