(Don't Fear) The Aanspreker
Added 2019-03-19 22:00:01 +0000 UTCDing-dong! Death calling...
Our new article this week on The Order website is Colonial New York's Door-to-Door Messenger of Death .
Dressed all in black, from his dark knee-breeches and long cloak to a three-cornered hat adorned with black crape streamers, the aanspreker carried one message: someone was dead.
Before printed obituaries, or today’s digital options, the announcement of a person’s departure was often the job of a specific person. Who were these funeral inviters, what exactly did they do, and what other death and funerary rituals did early Dutch New Yorkers practice?
And stay tuned for MORE CONTENT coming up this week – we release our next video on Saturday March 23! What GRAVE matters shall we discuss?
Yours Till the Men in Black Come a-Knocking,
Caitlin
