oct 1, 1824 - Poe And Lafayette Tour Richmond
Description:
October 1824: A fifteen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe was a part of a Junior Honor Color Guard that led Revolutionary War General Marquis De Lafayette around Richmond. Lafayette and Poe stopped at a home on Main Street to visit the Ege family, who had assisted in the revolution. 98 years later, that home would become the Poe Museum.Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 1, 1824
Now
~ 200 years ago