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20th Annual Festival of Lights, 2009
Tour a Victorian Mansion Bedecked with
Dozens of Gaily Decorated Christmas Trees.
Come and enjoy the 20th
Annual Festival of Lights, held at the Braddock
Trail Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, Warden Mansion, 200 South Church
Street, Mount Pleasant, PA. Dates for the
Festival of Lights in 2009 are:
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Friday, November
27 - 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m. Gala Opening Night
(By Invitation Only)
Saturday, November 28 - 1:30p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Sunday, November 29 - 1:30p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Thursday, December 3 - 7:00p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Friday, December 4 - 1:30p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Saturday, December 5 - 1:30p.m. - 9:00p.m.
Sunday, December 6 - 12:00 Noon - 4:00p.m.
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2007 - 2010 Braddock
Trail Officers
Carol Urban, Regent and
Bertaleigh Barger, Chaplain
welcoming new members:
Cairn Fireston, Deborah
Anthony,
and Darlene Pelkey.
Peggy Mullen and Nancy Wood
Peggy Mullen Decorating
Margene Wilczynski, Nancy Wood,
Jamie Falo, Joyce Florek, Fran Vas
Bertaleigh Barger conducting
the
Memorial Service
Staircase Decoration
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Tour the historic
120-year old Samuel Warden Mansion, located at
200 South Church Street, Mt. Pleasant. View the
beautifully decorated Christmas trees, choose
your favorite tree, enjoy refreshments, become
eligible to win a daily door prize, and visit
our craft and raffle room.
Please visit our website at
mountpleasantfol15666.tripod.com. Come and
be a part of this festive Holiday occasion!
This National Award
winning event received First Place in the
American Heritage Cultural Events contest
sponsored by the National Society Daughters of
the American Revolution.
To promote the theme, Hospitality through the
Ages, Braddock Trail members decorated the
Warden Mansion for the 2007 Festival to reflect
the hospitality and traditions of a Christmas in
Colonial Williamsburg. The pineapple, the symbol
of Linda Gist Calvin, President General of the
National Society, was prominently displayed
throughout the house.
The 2008 Festival of Lights will feature
Christmas Around the World. Each room will be
decorated in a different country theme.
Countries featured will be America, Mexico,
Italy, Poland, Germany, Scotland and Ireland.
Once again the Braddock Trail members have
loaned their ornaments and decorations to help
create this Christmas Season.
Touring this 122 year-old mansion which is on
the National Register of Historic Places, you
will have the opportunity to see approximately
35 Christmas trees, choose your favorite tree,
enjoy refreshments, daily door prizes, and
purchase a ticket in the raffle room.
Trees are decorated by individuals,
organizations and businesses. The trees are then
donated back to the project and put on display.
We provide the tree and lights and you use your
imagination.
All trees are available for purchase throughout
the event. There are also trees that will be
raffled with the drawing for winners at the
conclusion of the last day of the event.
Purchased trees maybe picked up at the close of
the event.
The Warden Mansion was built in 1886 by Margaret
and Samuel Warden. This 12-room, high-ceilinged
Victorian mansion features large halls, original
furnishings, and a genealogical library.
Everyone enjoys the original portrait of
Margaret Warden, whose eyes seem to follow you
wherever you may be standing in the room.
This self guide tour takes about 45 minutes, but
you can stay as long as you would like.
There are hostesses who can answer all of your
questions.
The Braddock Trail Chapter of the National
Society Daughters of the American Revolution
purchased the Warden mansion in 1960 and is one
of only four DAR chapters owning property in
Pennsylvania. The mansion is the headquarters
for the monthly meetings. The Warden mansion
also houses a genealogical library that is open
to the public from April through the end of
October each year. A small donation is requested
for the use of this library, whose archives are
replete with census information, Bible,
cemetery, church, county and family histories,
both from Westmoreland County and counties
around the state.
The residents of the Mount Pleasant area have
made the Festival of Lights a yearly tradition,
and family members returning home for the
holidays would never miss it. The Festival of
Lights is perfect for young children dreaming of
Santa Claus and the delights of Christmas Eve.
You too, should add this special Westmoreland
County event to your list of Holiday stops.
Net Proceeds Benefit The Restoration of the
Warden Mansion, site of the event.
Sponsored by: Braddock Trail Chapter,
National Society Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Laurel Highlands Chamber of
Commerce.
For more information, contact the
Laurel Highlands Chamber of Commerce at
1-888-547-7521,
or Rosalind L. Ashmun of the DAR at
724-423-3275.
Festival of Lights information will also
soon be available online at
mountpleasantfol15666.tripod.com .
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