Northern New Jersey Chapter
Monthly Program
Victorian Society in America
Northern New Jersey Chapter
VSA-NNJ meets monthly from September to June for lectures and events
related to 19th Century history, usually on the third Monday of the month.
Our next event will be:
Victorian Era Cemetery and Funeral Practices
presented by Brian Armstrong
Monday, October 21, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Montclair Women's Club,
82 Union Street, Montclair NJ
This venue is handicap accessible. Parking is available behind the building and on the street.
Light refreshments, coffee and tea will be served.
The program is free for members, and $10 for guests.
This Lecture will include weird funeral and death superstitions, mourning practices, mourning clothing and jewelry. You'll also hear about precautions against being buried alive or grave robbing. We'll also learn more about funeral and death photography, the collection of relics such as hair and ashes, and the development of huge monuments and cemetery parks.
For more information, please contact christinapmayer@gmail.com or 973-886-9956.
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