Enjoying a picnic in a cemetery was not always a taboo activity: Quite the contrary — a graveside lunch was a leisure activity for many. People often dined while visiting their dearly departed, and city residents regularly took advantage of cemeteries for strolls and carriage rides, too. Join Candace Summers, the Museum's Senior Director of Education, to explore funerary customs and superstitions of the Victorian-era. Learn about the types of monuments that populate Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington’s oldest and most historic cemetery, and hear stories of some of the McLean County citizens who rest there.
This program will be held on Thursday, October 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the Astroth Community Education Center room 2101/2102 at Heartland Community College. Registration is $35 per person and can be accessed by clicking here.