193 years ago (1831) Mr. Poe was drummed out of West Point on charges of neglect of duty and disobeying orders. Clearly the authorities at West Point were displeased.

Rhinos are not passing any sort of judgment on the case; some researchers feel that Poe had purposely triggered his own dismissal. He did poorly in his mathematics studies, and We Rhinos can sympathize, given our ‘shortcomings’ in that area.

It is hard to understand how someone whose literary talents are so revered failed, but We were not there, and know as little as most biographers seem to do about the case. It may be that the loss to the Military released a treasure to Posterity.