Join us as Sam Collins helps us explore Victorian mourning traditions and funerary customs. Try your hand at the astounding art of Victorian Hairwork Jewelry and join us for an Island Death Tour. Take some time this winter to ponder your own ancestors’ legends and lore and come prepared to share their stories under the guidance of Judith Davis. The play this year will take the form of a dramatic presentation of the Boone Island shipwreck - complete with sound effects. This will segue into Judi Trainor teaching us about the U.S. Lifesaving Service, its origins, history, surfmen and rescuers. We will plan again for a side trip to the Wood Island Lifesaving Station with docent Laury Bussey.

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Join us as we explore how the architecture and environs of Star Island have evolved through the centuries – from the remaining original fishermen’s cottages to our beloved Oceanic Hotel as it stands today.

This conference will explore many aspects of death on a small island from its first years as flourishing fishing village through to the popular draw of the Grand Hotel Era.