Featuring local historian, lecturer and author Tim Shaw. Take a step back in time to December 21, 1883 to attend the wake of 9-month-old Jacob and discover how traditions such as covering mirrors and photographs with black crepe fabric, art made from human hair and mortuary jewelry came to be. Learn about the mourning period for men and women and what the fashions were like. Phrases like “basket case” and “dead ringer” had their roots during the 1800’s; hear about their origins. The event is free.