
Queen Victoria never crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and yet no woman came to be better known in the "Victorian" United States. In a free presentation this Friday, November 2nd at 7 p.m. at Butterworth Center, expert Dr. Walter Arnstein focuses on an unexplored subject: Why did the granddaughter of King George III, the quintessential "tyrant" of 19th century American textbooks, become a heroine in the eyes of most Americans and the object of the most elaborate funeral ceremonial ever devoted to a foreigner?