The Figure in Black who has placed three roses and a bottle of cognac on Poe’s grave on the writer’s birthday failed to show up last night . The bottle and roses have been appearing at least since 1949, although some old timers claim it occurred going back long before that.
I have found a link that says the visitation was staged by the historian of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Baltimore where Poe is buried. There are others who say that the apparition dates back to 1876, the year after Poe died.