The second lecture in the Historic Geneva Fall Program Series is “The Good Death: Victorian Mourning Practices” on Sunday, October 20 at 2 p.m. at Rose Hill Mansion. Historic Geneva’s Executive Director Kerry Lippincott will discuss the practices 19th-century Americans used to cope with frequent and often unexplained death.
By the mid-19th century, mourning traditions had become ritualized, public expressions of grief. Specific times for grieving were prescribed for family members. Mourning impacted everyday life, including types and colors of clothing, home decorations, and funeral practices. In this presentation, learn about these traditions and how they impacted Genevans in the 1800s. The program is free and open to the public.
While on site, visitors can see the 2024 Rose Hill exhibit “The Good Death: Illness and Death in the 19th Century.”
Historic Geneva programming is supported in part by the ESL Charitable Foundation and Samuel B. Williams Fund for Programs in the Humanities.