Have you ever seen that PBS show, Secrets of the Dead?
Well, Morristown’s departed have a few secrets, too, and you can uncover them this Saturday, Nov. 5, at 4 pm.
Bones, Stones and the Undertaker is the season’s final walking tour by the Morris County Tourism Bureau. Last weekend’s snowstorm postponed it, but local historians Carol Barkin and David Breslauer are raring to go.
They will explore the graveyard at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Miller Road, where Alfred Vail, inventor of the telegraph, and George and Louisa Macculloch are buried. George Macculloch, founder of Macculloch Hall, created the Morris Canal linking the Delaware and Hudson Rivers across New Jersey.
The tour guides also will discuss 19th century funerals and the role of undertakers.
The tour costs $10. Call (973) 631-5151 for reservations.
And don’t forget the rescheduled Pumpkin Illumination, tonight, Nov. 1, at 6 pm outside the Vail Mansion.
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