Widows Weepers and Wakes - 07/31/2013
Historic site's recurring "Porch Chat" lecture series
A forty-five minute presentation on Nineteenth & early Twentieth Century funeral and mourning customs. Grant family re-enactors will appear in 1860's and 1880's period mourning dress. The program will include the history of the undertaking profession, funeral practices & mourning etiquette, memorial art & jewelry. The porch chat will be given by Melissa Trombley-Prosch, Grant family re-enactor since 1990. Program research was done in collaboration with Mark Phillips of Burke's Funeral Home.
Widows Weepers and Wakes - 07/31/2013
Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 31, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
Starts: 10:00AM
Ends: 11:00AM
Location
Grant Cottage State Historic Site
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