Tanner House remembers sorrows of Civil War
The impact of the Civil War on the personal lives of Aurorans will be explored at "Death Comes to the Tanner House: Sorrows of the Civil War" on Oct. 26, 27 and 28.
Fictional characters will inhabit the Tanner House Museum, depicting veterans, family members and neighbors dealing with the death of an officer just before the presidential election of 1864, in the waning days of the Civil War.
Performances will be at 6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. each day. Reservations are required and may be made online at www.aurorahistory.net or by calling (630) 906-0650.
Admission is $15 per person and $12 for historical society members. Attendees must be 13 or older.
The program is the seventh Death Comes to the Tanner House offering. Previous performances have presented subjects including the death of William Tanner in 1892, Victorian-era substance addictions, and ill-advised Halloween revels in 1923.
The Tanner House was built in 1857 for prominent Aurora merchant William Tanner, his wife, Anna, and their nine children, and donated to the Aurora Historical Society by two daughters in 1936. During the year it is shown as an upper-middle-class home in the era 1875-1900.
There is additional information on Facebook at aurorahistory and online at www.aurorahistory.net.