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As part of its Third Thursday Lecture and Learning Series, join your friends at the Hancock Veterans Memorial Branch Library and the Maryland State Library Association for a presentation of “The Life and Literary Legacy of Edgar Allan Poe”. Experience the mysterious background of this famous Marylander through the Enoch Pratt Free Library’s collections. Learn about Poe’s personal life and family, his writings and his mysterious death in Baltimore in 1849. View unique artifacts from Poe’s life, including manuscripts, letters, and personal items from the Library’s collections. This event is free and is appropriate for ages 8 and up.