Mourning at Merrehope
Date:
Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Time:
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (CT)
Merrehope
Event Type
Arts & Culture
Contact
merrehopemeridian@gmail.com
601-483-8439
Event Url
http://merrehope.com
Link
http://www.meridiancommunitycalendar.com/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=35296
“A reproduction of Victorian mourning in a neoclassical home.”
Come experience the period of mourning set by Queen Victoria.This period of mourning began in 1861 after the loss of her husband Prince Albert and was embraced throughout Europe and the Americas as the proper way to mourn the loss of a loved one.
The second floor of Merrehope will be staged as a family living in the home would have prepared it during a period of grief.
- MOURNING CLOTHES
- AN EXAMPLE OF THE STAGES OF THE MOURNING PERIOD
- RITUALS OF PROTECTION FOR THE HOME & THOSE STILL LIVING, COVERING SUPERSTITIOUS PROTOCOL
- AUTHENTIC RECORDS AND MEMENTOS
- PRE INTERMENT PREVENTION OF GRAVE ROBBERY
Kindly accept this invitation to “Mourning at Merrehope”, as it was considered very bad manners to refuse a formal invitation to a funeral.
THIS HISTORIC & ACCURATE PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Meridian’s oldest funeral home, founded in 1869, the original
JAMES F. WEBB FUNERAL HOME
WORLD OF FLOWERS & GIFTS
MERIDIAN RESTORATIONS FOUNDATION, INC.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION & THANK YOU TO:
Kevin Hurt, Funeral Service Technology Department at EMCC
Includes a full tour of MERREHOPE a magnificent 24 room Neoclassical Revival Mansion - circa 1859
Mourning at Merrehope Logo
Fees/Admissions
$10 / $5 for Students
Military Discount Available?
No
Are Pets Allowed?
No
Calendar
EMBDC,Lauderdale County Tourism,Meridian Main Street
Original source can be found here.
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