Mark calender for a Haunted Tea Time at Burroughs Home
The Burroughs Home & Gardens is offering a special “Tuesday Teatime” on Tuesday, October 25. Lady Octavia Ashford will relate an eerie Victorian ghost story over a cup of tea. She shares why the Victorians were fond of their ghosts-their “Pale Shades.”
Tea and a Victorian inspired cake will be served, beginning at 1:00 p.m. The Burroughs Home is located on the banks of the Caloosahatchee River. Attendance at this special tea is $25.00. Reservations are required and may be made by visiting www.BurroughsHome.com, clicking on the events tab, and scrolling down to Octavia Ashford & Her Ghosts. Additional information may be obtained by calling 239-337-0706.
The Uncommon Friends Foundation is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization established in 1993 dedicated to lifelong character-building among today’s youth and business leaders. The foundation teaches and recognizes the same positive values author James D. Newton discovered in five unique men and their wives-Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Charles Lindbergh-intellectual giants who helped shape the 20th Century. The foundation promotes character education in schools, business ethics in the workplace and historic preservation of the Burroughs Home and James Newton Archives.
For more information, call 239-337-9505 or visit www.uncommonfriends,org.
Source: Uncommon Friends Foundation