Declaration of Independence Garden Party
Celebrates Boalsburg's Special Link with a Signer
This is information for the 2010 event. Info for the Saturday, July 2, 2011, event will be added later.
Long known as the birthplace of Memorial Day and the home of the Columbus Chapel, historic Boalsburg on Saturday, July 3, 2010, will celebrate its special link with yet another major American holiday, Independence Day, with a garden party and special activities.
A portrait (on the right) and an original signature of Signer of the Declaration of Independence Richard Henry Lee are on display in the Boal Mansion Museum. Lee didn’t just sign the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. He actually offered the resolution in the Continental Congress in June 1776 that eventually became the Declaration of Independence.
Lee's original signature is on a book that belonged to him which is still in the Lee family belongings at the Boal Mansion, along with other original signatures from the Boal and Lee family involvement in American history, including the signatures of Presidents Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter and even the signatures of the first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. All of these signatures are on display in the library of the Boal Mansion.
Click here for another Lee portrait and the text of Lee’s Resolution.
Long known as the birthplace of Memorial Day and the home of the Columbus Chapel, historic Boalsburg on Saturday, July 3, 2010, will celebrate its special link with yet another major American holiday, Independence Day, with a garden party and special activities.
A portrait (on the right) and an original signature of Signer of the Declaration of Independence Richard Henry Lee are on display in the Boal Mansion Museum. Lee didn’t just sign the Declaration of Independence in July 1776. He actually offered the resolution in the Continental Congress in June 1776 that eventually became the Declaration of Independence.
Lee's original signature is on a book that belonged to him which is still in the Lee family belongings at the Boal Mansion, along with other original signatures from the Boal and Lee family involvement in American history, including the signatures of Presidents Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter and even the signatures of the first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. All of these signatures are on display in the library of the Boal Mansion.
Click here for another Lee portrait and the text of Lee’s Resolution.
Christopher Lee (right), a descendant of the 1776 signer Richard Henry Lee, and nationwide TV actor Charles Dumas, along with (not pictured) State College Borough Councilman Thomas Daubert, Penn State Professor Arthur Goldschmidt and a representative of France, Henri Grunenwald of Paris.
Christopher Lee reads the Declaration of Independence at Boalsburg's American Bicentennial celebration in 1976.
Maryland Governor Blair Lee III, a descendant of Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, married Mathilde (Mimi) Boal, a seventh generation resident of the 1789 Boal Mansion. Their son Christopher, current CEO of the Boal Mansion, will read the Declaration of Independence in the garden after the free tour, along with other members of the community..
Here is the schedule:
For more information, contact the Boal Mansion Museum at (814) 466-9266 or email office@boalmuseum.com.
For photos of previous Garden Parties for the Declaration, click here
Here is the schedule:
- 1:30: Birthday cake and punch. Reading of the Declaration of Independence, followed by a free tour of the Museum.
For more information, contact the Boal Mansion Museum at (814) 466-9266 or email office@boalmuseum.com.
For photos of previous Garden Parties for the Declaration, click here
