Annual Festival of Lights
Tour a Victorian Mansion Bedecked with Dozens
of Gaily Decorated Christmas Trees
Come and enjoy the Annual Festival of Lights, held at the Braddock Trail
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Warden Mansion, 200 South Church
Street, Mount Pleasant, PA.
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.
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.
Festival of Lights information see
mountpleasantfol15666.tripod.com .
Or Contact:
Laurel Highlands
Chamber of Commerce
at 724-547-7521 or 1-888-547-7521
or contact Rosalind L. Ashmun of the
DAR at 724-423-3275.