For the Westfield Historical Society’s First Wednesday Luncheon series in October, guests are welcome to a luncheon at Echo Lake Country Club on Wednesday October 1, 2025, beginning with check-in at 11:45am (usually ends @2:15). Meg Wastie presents “Why Do We Say That?”.

"Bury the hatchet." "Skeleton in the closet." "Break a leg." These are just a few of the common idioms we use in everyday American English communication. We readily understand them, but how did they come to be part of our regular discourse? Discover the meanings and background stories of some of the rather curious expressions we use in American English.