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, ...

Ashley Berken and her wife were on the house hunt in October when they discovered a 145-year-old Victorian home within their budget, the 39-year-old told Newsweek. However, the listing failed to ...

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 ...

This presentation will focus on the mourning, funeral and burial practices of the Victorian Era. The tea will run from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express along LeClaire's riverfront at 1201 ...

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 ...