I imagined her sewing it on when she first made the garment. It’s not something I have occasion to wear often. But I thought it would make for a fun frolic during Halloween in Baltimore.
Westminster Hall is a Gothic Revival former church built in 1852 above a Burying Ground. To avoid disturbing the graves, the builders set it upon brick piers, thus creating catacombs.
My companion and I passed through the iron gate and strolled into the Hall. We paused for a few moments to listen as “Count Dracula” played the colossal restored Johnson and Son 1882 pipe organ.
The Memorial is set within a historic garden. It features a larger-than-life bronze statue of George Mason seated on a stone bench below a 72-foot-long trellis. He looks casual and pensive.
It is the final resting place of many of Baltimore’s most prominent 18th- and 19th-century residents, including several American Revolution and War of 1812 veterans.