COLONIAL HEIGHTS — One of the gems of Colonial Heights is, no doubt, Violet Bank Museum where you can see exhibits from the periods between 1815 to 1873 including Civil War artifacts, guns, furniture, ...

Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death ...

Recreating mid-19th century funerals is a hobby for the Mourning Society of St. Louis, but it's also a way for the group to teach history by connecting people with the ...

Mourning, Victorian Style. The way New Yorkers responded to the 9/11 tragedy harkened back to the earlier Victorian-era styles. ... Hundreds of people, unable to reach the victims trapped on the high ...