Five thousand signatures from around the world to save the house Egdar Allan Poe (1809-1849) in Baltimore, which now houses a museum dedicated to the inventor of the detective story writer, literary horror and psychological thriller. Town Hall 'U.S. has decided to cut it, from 2012, the funds of the house-museum of the author of''The Story of Arthur Gordon Pym''and''The Crow'', so that' will be forced to closure. But a group of readers-fans of the famous novelist, including many Italians, has created an online petition titled''Save the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore,''that in a few days has collected 5,000 signatures, which is the goal set itself the mobilization campaign. Now signatures will be handed Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to ask for postponement of the decision.
The City of Baltimore, reminiscent of the promoters of the appeal via the Internet, has recently announced that the house where Poe lived between 1832 and 1835, where he wrote stories and novels unforgettable, can not 'more' to rely on public funds for their operation. Moreover, it is very few municipal resources, as the City Hall recently has allocated only $ 80,000 a year. However, since 2012, the house-museum of Edgar Allan Poe, if you will 'be open, must' be able to finance itself through the revenues of the visitors, whose number now hovers around about 4 thousand a year, and any private donations. The 5,000 signatories of the online request, finally, the mayor of Baltimore to''continue''to finance the many initiatives that Poe Museum has recently launched to pay homage to the author of''The Murders in the Rue Morgue''
The City of Baltimore, reminiscent of the promoters of the appeal via the Internet, has recently announced that the house where Poe lived between 1832 and 1835, where he wrote stories and novels unforgettable, can not 'more' to rely on public funds for their operation. Moreover, it is very few municipal resources, as the City Hall recently has allocated only $ 80,000 a year. However, since 2012, the house-museum of Edgar Allan Poe, if you will 'be open, must' be able to finance itself through the revenues of the visitors, whose number now hovers around about 4 thousand a year, and any private donations. The 5,000 signatories of the online request, finally, the mayor of Baltimore to''continue''to finance the many initiatives that Poe Museum has recently launched to pay homage to the author of''The Murders in the Rue Morgue''
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