Celebrating Schaefer, and ourselves

There were hats, of course, straw boaters at the aquarium and Preakness-worthy confections in Mount Vernon. Then there was the quirkier haberdashery, like a purple top hat one man in Federal Hill swept off as he bowed with a flourish when William Donald Schaefer's casket passed by.

By Jean Marbella, The Baltimore Sun

April 26, 2011