Someone has gone from this strange world of ours,No more to gather its thorns with its flow’rs, …
No more to linger where sunbeams must fade
Where, on all beauty, death’s fingers are laid;
Weary with mingling life’s bitter and sweet,
Weary with parting and never to meet,
Someone has gone to the bright, golden shore.
Ring the bell softly, there’s crape on the door.
W. Dexter Smith (1865)
Starting this Wednesday and throughout the month of Octber the Mansion will be in a state of Mourning. You can come see what this means during our regular tour hours or during any of our October events.
Wednesday Night at the Movies – October 5- Under These Same Stars: The Celadon Affair
A Death in the Family: Death and Mourning in the 19th Century – October 9
Tales Best Told in the Dark: Our Haunted History - October 20
