Wolcott House display looks at mourning

Amanda Vaughan, executive director of the Maumee Valley Historical Society, stands beside a coffin in the parlor of the Wolcott House in Maumee, which is featuring the exhibit ‘Widows, Weeds, and Weeping Veils: Mourning Rituals in 19th Century America.’ The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 13. Ms. Vaughan said Kathy Dowd, curator and site manager for the society, was instrumental in the design and interpretation of the exhibit, which includes funeral cakes, mourning clothes fo