RSVP and closed- toe shoes required. Candle provided, please bring a flashlight.
Registration is limited in size, please make a reservation early.
Tour is free of charge. Please arrive by 6:15 pm.
September 26- Edgar Allan Poe at Fort Monroe | RSVP is Open
In September 1849, Edgar Allan Poe gave what is believed to be his last public poetry reading at the Hygeia Hotel, right here on Old Point Comfort, only a few weeks before his death. This was not his first visit to Old Point Comfort, because he had been stationed here as a soldier in the late 1820s. Come learn about Poe, Fort Monroe, and the ties between the two during a special candlelit evening tour.