Between Friends 2017

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Friends of Independence National Historical Park

As Benjamin Franklin advised
“A penny saved

is a penny earned.”

Then, what do you do when you
are approaching the age of 70

and beyond, the U.S
Government tells you that you
need to start spending your

hard-earned pennies?

The IRS says that most people who
participate in a 401(k) and other
tax-deferred retirement plans must
begin taking minimum distributions
and paying the taxes at age 70½
under the tax code’s required
minimum distribution (RMD) rules.

If you need to withdraw funds, you
can avoid paying taxes on some of
your distribution by making a tax-free
gift to the Friends of Independence
National Historical Park.

Perhaps you’d like to help fund an
education program or the restoration
or preservation of an historic
treasure described in this newsletter.
Call us at 215-861-4971 to discuss
how you can support the Friends
with some of your required minimum
distribution. Remember that to
preserve tax-free status, your gift
must come from your investment
company directly to the Friends.

It’s a win-win proposition,
Benjamin would approve!

Between Friends 2017 Governing Board Members

Table of Contents Page Bill Marrazzo. - Chairman
2 Barry Seymour - Vice Chairman
Message from the Chairman 2 Karen D. Kaufman - Treasurer
Message from the Executive Director 3 Thomas G. Spencer - Secretary
Message from the Superintendent 4
Annual Meeting and VIP Flora L. Becker
6 George Bochetto
Appreciation Event 8 Edward D’Alba
French Alliance: 240th Anniversary 9 Jerry Drew, Ph.D.
Second Bank Preservation Award 10 Alan Mandeloff
Adopt-an-Artifact News 13 Thomas G. Morr
Young Friends News 14 Austin Morris Jr.
NPS Staff Profile - Coxey Toogood 20 Lisa Simon
The Sussex Declaration 21 Jon Sirlin
Board Member Profile - Ed D’Alba 22
Magnolia Garden 24 Young Friends of INHP
First Bank of the U.S.A. Update 26 Advisory Board
Cocktails & Confections with Dolley 28
Junior Rangers: Silver Jubilee 29 Michael Adams - CoChair
Semiquincentennial News 32 Emily Watts - CoChair
2016 Annual Report Patrick Williams - CoChair
Park News
Molly Albertson
Thank you to the following people for making this Colleen Duncan
newsletter possible. Maura Jones
Paul Marwah
Editor and Writer: Cathy Siegl Scott McCarry
Design Layout: Maiti Gallen Lissa Morinsky
Contributing Writers: Kaytalin Platt
Kimberly Staub
Paul Campbell Jeremiah Thompson
Tom Caramanico
Susan Edens Office Staff
Karie Diethorn
Joanne Schilizzi Thomas A. Caramanico - Executive Director
Emily Sneff
Marci Spiegle Joyce L. Walker - Deputy Director

Special thanks to the staff of Maiti Gallen - Director of Programs &
Independence National Historical Park Outreach

Cover Image: Conrad Alexandre Gerard portrait painted by Charles Willson Office Volunteers
Peale. Image courtesy of Independence National Historical Park.
Tag Brewer
Cathy Siegl
Marci Spiegle

A Message from the Chairman

The Friends of Independence National Historical Park welcomes a new Chairman,
Bill Marrazzo, President & CEO of WHYY and a new Executive Director,
Tom Caramanico of McCormick Taylor.

I first became involved with the Friends of Independence National Hstorical Park
(INHP) in the spring of 2012 when I was asked to serve as a co-chair for the
Friends 40th Anniversary Gala. This past summer, as the organization turned 45
years old, I was honored to be elected Chairman to support the Governing Board
of Friends of INHP and Independence National Historical Park.

I know that I speak for the board and staff of our organization in expressing my
gratitude to our outgoing Chairman Austin Morris Jr. During his six-and-a half
years as Chair, Austin focused on bringing the board together and advancing our
role as part of the growing INHP experience. Hats off and cheers to Austin! We are
fortunate to have Austin remain on our board.

The Friends is also happy to announce that we have a new Executive Director.
The board is grateful to Tom Caramanico, former board member and chairman, for
his williness to step into our new part-time executive role and help us with our future endeavors. More to
come from him on this new status!

As an employee of a company whose headquarters is on Independence Mall… and a resident of Old
City… I witness every day the throngs of people (over five million in 2016!), who have our national park as
their educational destination. Independence National Historical Park and its many partners offer much to
educate our visitors about our democracy’s roots and how our country’s history is relevant to them. The
Friends of INHP stands proud as a partner of this national park and is intent on growing its readiness to
meet the wants and needs of these visitors, their friends and neighbors as the word spreads about the
wonders of our great city and this jewel of the national park system.

Cheers to each of you who have been such generous “friends” to our mission through the years!
~Bill Marrazzo, Chairman

A Message from the Executive Director

These past many years, under the chairmanship of Austin Morris Jr. the Friends of
INHP has grown as an organization. We have taken on bigger projects,
organized better events and raised our profile among the organizations that
support tourism in and around Independence National Historical Park. Just last
year, we embarked on our largest and most challenging project ever — to raise the
money for the renovation and restoration of the First Bank of the United States. I
am personally grateful for the confidence Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod has
shown in us by allowing us to explore the feasibility of this effort. All this is
attributable to Austin’s dedication and leadership. Now we as an organization,
take the next step.

There is more later in this newsletter about the First Bank feasibility effort (see page
24) but that work has made a couple of things obvious to us. First, embarking on
this major undertaking - even just the feasibility study aspect of it - has gotten us
much more attention from larger and more impactful donors than ever before. And secondly, it has

2 emphasized the need for more staff so we can pursue this and similar projects. (continued on next page)

A Message from our Superintendent

This year has been remarkable! As the National Park Service begins a second
century of stewardship and engagement, we are thankful to have our Friends
group by our side. Donating many hundreds of volunteer hours every year, the
Friends are part of the park’s success and we celebrate our great partnership.

At Independence National Historical Park, we preserve and interpret our
national icons to help visitors understand the men and women who founded our
country and developed the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence
and the U.S. Constitution. Together this year, the Friends and the Park
celebrated the Fourth of July through support for the Pops on Independence
Mall and a special program “Welcoming the Sussex Declaration.” I am grateful
to the Friends for the GoFundMe Campaign that raised over $42,000 to
conserve the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms for Independence Hall; I am very
pleased that the Friends set up the endowment for the President’s House Site,
worked on the feasibility study for the First Bank project, and reached new
audiences through Young Friends events and Twilight Tours.

Many thanks to your long time chair, Austin Morris Jr., and a huge welcome to Bill Marrazzo, incoming
chair. With Tom Caramanico now as the volunteer Executive Director and Joyce Walker as additional staff
to augment the already wonderful work of Maiti Gallen, I know the future is bright. As we look ahead, with
the 2026 United States Semiquincentennial celebration on the horizon, I know that we can continue to
count on the Friends of Independence to play a major role in the Park. Independence National Historical
Park will continue to work closely with the Friends. There will be much to do and we are grateful to have
such dedicated support every day, as well as for the big occasions.

Thank you for all that you contribute to making Independence the “best park in history!”
~ Cindy MacLeod, Superintendent

Executive Director (continued)

For years, it has been obvious that the Friends needed a larger professional staff and of course funding is
always an issue for a nonprofit. With this in mind, I offered to serve as executive director, on a pro bono
basis and bring with me Joyce Walker, who has worked with me for more than a decade, as the new
Deputy Director.

I am fortunate to be at a place in my career where I can take this time to accommodate this arrangement.
I am excited and energized, but more importantly, determined to move the Friends to the next level
organizationally. We look forward to approval of our First Bank project and we also have numerous other
projects of significant size to warrant this growth. You will be hearing much more about all that in the near
future. For now let me just say that I am proud to be in this position to help the Friends as a staff person
and I am honored by the confidence the Board and our new chairman has placed in me and this team.

Stay tuned.
~Tom Caramanico, Executive Director

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Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation
Event– April 20, 2017

The annual gathering of Friends members, elevators, HVAC, sprinklers and accessibility.
Young Friends, Twilight Guides, Park personnel, First Bank Committee Chair, Tom Caramanico
volunteers (VIPs), and guests began in the early announced the Friends’ signature campaign to
evening on Thursday, April 20 with a lovely and raise the needed funds to reopen this important
delicious reception in the courtyard of the landmark. (See page 24 for a progress report on this initiative)
Benjamin Franklin Museum. The meeting
followed the reception in the museum where In keeping with the topic of the First Bank, Park
attendees heard about projects and Ranger Mike Carbonaro talked about the
accomplishments of 2016, including recognition importance of the First Bank in presenting the
of service of the volunteers and of the Friends financial story of the early republic.
Volunteer of the Year.
Continuing the theme, our special guest speaker
Friends’ then-Chairman Austin Morris Jr., for the evening was Alexander Hamilton, [as
welcomed guests and reviewed some of the presented by Eben Kuhns of American Historical
highlights of the Friends for the year, particularly Theater], who spoke about the efforts to
noting the Adopt-an-Artifact program’s progress establish a firm
and the continued success of the Twilight financial footing for
Guides’ summer after-hours tours, and the new nation by
recognizing that the Friends would reach their convincing the new
45th anniversary on June 15. Congress to
authorize a national
Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod shared bank and to assume
information about the state of the Park. She the war debts of the
noted that although Federal hiring difficulties states. The charter
had an impact on what buildings could be open, for the bank was
the park was looking ahead to a good summer finally approved in
season. She shared her excitement about plans Congress Hall in
to re-open the First Bank, the oldest surviving 1791.
Federal building constructed for the new
government. The building is now closed to the
public due to lack of appropriate restrooms,

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Volunteer of the Year

Volunteer-of-the-Year Award:
The Young Friends Committee

Every year, the Friends recognizes an Since their creation, the Young Friends have:

individual or group who goes above and • funded bringing 4th graders from Title 1

beyond in support of Independence National schools to the park for an Independence

Historical Park and our organization. They are Park Institute experience.

people who give their time and talents to • matched a donation to repair and preserve

making the park a better place for our visitors an historic silk quilt in the park’s collection.
(See A Quilt Can Tell a Story on page 12).
and show their enthusiasm for our national

park every day. This year we recognized a • begun to raise money for the restoration of

group that, for the past five years, has made it the George Washington statue in the

their mission to re-introduce the park to the Second Bank’s Portrait Gallery.

next generation of park supporters: The

Young Friends They have also given

Committee. their time and talents to:

• help the Friends

Five years ago, the create activities and

Friends were looking crafts for the kids

to reach a younger on Junior Ranger Day.

demographic but • support Friends

needed help. Board events such as the

member, Ed D’Alba July 3rd Pops on

wanted to help his Independence

younger employees Concert.

become more • host a Spring

involved with the city. Above, representatives from the Young Friends Advisory Board, accept the Cleanup Day in
The young Volunteer of the Year Award. From left to right: Scott McCarry, Jessica Franklin Court.
professionals of Main, Kaytalin Platt, Kimberly Staub and Michael Adams.
Urban Engineers,

along with other young professionals in the One of the great things about the Young Friends

city, came together to form the Young Friends is that they don’t care about your age… as long

of Independence. as you’re willing to have fun and learn with them.

Co-chair Mike Adams accepted the award on This year they hosted:
behalf of the Young Friends Committee saying, • Their Annual Garden Party at the American
Philosophical Society’s Jefferson Garden
“… there is one park, one spot on the on May 19, 2017.
globe, where we can all point with • Themed happy hour tours of the park in
absolute certainty and say, ‘That is the the fall and spring.
place where people put promises on • Their Annual Fundraiser, The Dark Side of
parchment and set into motion a Philadelphia History party on Friday,
revolution that we, the people, have it in October 13, 2017.
our power to begin the world over again.’
That place is Independence National 5
Historical Park…That is what drives the

Young Friends of Independence.”

History

The French Alliance at 240 years: Viva La France!

America receives aid, recognition, and its first ambassador

and soldiers were coming to the aid of the
Americans. Washington and his troops had just
spent a nasty winter under terrible conditions in
Valley Forge while the British enjoyed the comforts of
Philadelphia and Congress had fled to York,
Pennsylvania. Thanks to patriot success at the Battle
of Saratoga, New York in October 1777 and the
diplomatic efforts of Benjamin Franklin, Silas Dean,
and Arthur Lee in Paris in convincing the French that
the United States was viable as an independent
country, the tide of the Revolution was about to
change for the better for the patriots.

In February, King Louis XVI and his foreign minister
the Comte de Vergennes signed the Treaty of Amity
and Friendship and the Treaty of Alliance with our
infant nation. The documents established
favored-nation status for trade between the two
countries and a commitment to defend each other
against England. France saw the pact as a way to
regain face after her humiliation at the hands of
England in the French and Indian War. The United
States gained a powerful ally, along with materiel and
funds, in the fight to gain independence from
England.

The Continental Congress approved the treaties on
May 4, 1778 in York and word was sent to Valley
Forge. Celebrations ensued!

On May 6, 1778 France was the first country to recognize the United
States as an independent nation. The French Foreign
in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, General George Secretary, Comte de Vergennes assigned his aide
Washington ordered a celebration. The soldiers Conrad Alexander Gerard as the first plenipotentiary
cheered, marched, fired muskets and canons, and [ambassador] to the new United States. As
shouted huzzahs. The General had received word Vergennes’ closest aide, Gerard had provided
that the Continental Congress had signed two valuable assistance in negotiating the terms and
treaties with France. Money, ships, supplies, sailors, crafting the treaties. Gerard arrived in the summer of
1778 and on August 12, presented his credentials to
6 the Congress, which had recently returned to
Philadelphia after the British abandoned the city for
New York.

Two women, one representing France, the In addition to his duties as foreign minister, Gerard sponsored revolutionary
other the United States of America in an writers, in particular Thomas Paine, whose pamphlet Common Sense
embrace that reflects the friendship contributed to turning public opinion in favor of the patriot cause. Shortly
between the two nations. after the war ended, General Washington, as president of the Society of the
Cincinnati, notified Gerard that he had been awarded membership in the
society.

2018 marks the 240th anniversary of the treaties with France that made the
victory at Yorktown in 1781 possible. In anticipation of this milestone, the
Friends have initiated a campaign to restore the portrait of Gerard that
hangs in the Portrait Gallery of the Second Bank.

Bibliography
“French Alliance, French Assistance and Diplomacy during the American Revolution 1776-1782”,

Milestones 1716-1783. US Department of State. HTTPS://HISTORY.STATE.GOV/MILESTONES/1776-
1783/FRENCH-ALLIANCE.
“France Allied with American Colonies: February 6, 1778”. The French Alliance. America’s Library.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/revolut/jb_revolut_francoam_1.html
Freedman, Russell. George Washington at Valley Forge.2008. Holiday House, quoted in “The Aftermath”
Valley Forge. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Forge (Accessed August 19, 2017)
Letter from George Washington to Conrad Alexandre Gerard de Rayneval. Library of Congress
“Turning the Tides of War: The French Alliance”, Valley Forge and The French Alliance. Valley Forge Park
Alliance Newsletter, April 2017. http://vfparkalliance.org/?utm_source=enews+2017-04-24&utm_
campaign=2015-08-04&utm_medium=email

“Adopt” the Conrad Alexandre Gerard Portrait

Early in 1778, France and America signed a treaty that promised mutual support against England.
The 1778 treaty’s lead negotiator was Conrad Alexandre Gerard, an experienced diplomat. As a
reward for his role in the successful treaty negotiations, Gerard was appointed the first French
foreign minister to the new United States. Although his stay in America was brief, Gerard won the
hearts of Americans. As evidence of this affection, Congress commissioned Charles Willson
Peale to paint Gerard’s portrait for their chamber in the Pennsylvania State House (now called
Independence Hall), and Peale completed the portrait in late 1779.

Peale depicts the aristocratic Gerard in an elegant interior. Through the room’s open window
Independence Hall is visible, the earliest eyewitness view of the building before the original tower
was removed. And, over Gerard’s left shoulder stands a statue of two women, one (France) with
her arm around the other (The young United States) in an embrace which represents the amity
between the two nations. Today, Peale’s portrait of Gerard hangs in the historic Second Bank of
the United States exhibit, “People of Independence”.

Current Issues:
Over time, Gerard’s large portrait (8 x 5 feet) has had numerous repairs and restorations. The
portrait currently shows several areas of paint repair loss and an overall darkened varnish.
Some areas of the canvas were torn in the past, and these repairs are now failing.

If you are interested in adopting this portrait or in giving towards the restoration work,
please contact the Friends’ office at 215-861-4971 or [email protected]

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INHP Awards

Second Bank Restoration Wins Preservation Award

Project Manager, represented the Principal
park and accepted the award. Conservator of

Photo: Preservation Alliance of Greater The cause of the fire was traced to Kreilick
Philadelphia/SSM Photography an air handler in the HVAC system. Conservation
A bearing in a metal box with a fan to perform the
In January 2015, The Second sparked and ignited insulation restoration
Bank of the United States, a connected to paper filters. The work. At each
National Historic Landmark alarm system alerted the step of the
building, suffered a mechanical Philadelphia Fire Department. process,
fire that caused significant smoke Firefighters used fire extinguishers to unique
damage requiring considerable suppress the fire. Fortunately, the treatments
maintenance to restore it to fire occurred on a Tuesday when the were required
operational condition. The building was closed to the public. and were
restoration was both unique and No one was hurt. adapted throughout the project.
successful, garnering a For example, to restore the marble
prestigious 2017 Preservation
Achievement Award from the Restoration began in October 2015 floors, after testing a solution, a
Preservation Alliance of Greater and was completed in May 2016. All latex cleaner was applied in some
Philadelphia. walls, floors and columns were areas and adjusted and re-tested
cleaned using several new cleaning on other surfaces, such as on the
RAAD, the contractor on the techniques tailored to the surface faux-wood graining on the vault
project, and Kreilick being treated. In addition, sections doors.
Conservation, the sub-contractor,
had suggested that the Second of walls previously impacted by Winston Clement cites the
Bank Restoration was a worthy untreated roof leaks were stabilized, hallmarks of this project’s success
candidate for recognition. The pending future roof repair. as two-fold: the creative cleaning
Friends had the opportunity to
sponsor the park’s application for RAAD Construction Group managed methodology and the remarkable
the award. Award application the restoration project and level of cooperation among the
fees cover administrative costs contracted with T. Scott Kreilick, partners. In addition, the project
for the juried award process. President, CEO, and was completed on time (in time for
a scheduled May 2016
On June 7, 2017, Park
Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod reopening ceremony) and
and Historical Architect, Winston
Clement, Acting Supervisory under budget. The total

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$478,000, funded from a

combination of the park’s

operating budget and the

Northeast Region’s Cyclic

Maintenance budget.

Congratulations to the park’s

Assets, Preservation and

Maintenance team and their

Top Right: Marble floor being treated with special gel. partners.

Above: Two views of column capital: before, and after
treatment
Photo: Winston Clement

Adopt an Artifact News

The Historic Pennsylvania Coat of Arms painting
and frame have been adopted!

This painting is one of the few surviving original artifacts in
Independence Hall and now it is in trouble. Several generous
donors have already responded to a GoFundMe campaign
launched last spring. Then recently the Color Guard of the
Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution stepped up to
pledge the remaining funds over the next two years. We will soon
be able to bring the Pennsylvania Coat of Arms painting and
frame back to its original prominence in Independence Hall.

The Pennsylvania Coat of Arms painting is typically exhibited in

Independence Hall’s first floor courtroom. It is seen by millions of

visitors every year and is used by INHP Rangers to discuss the

founding of our country. Over the years, the painting had

become so dark and dull that it was almost impossible for the

visitors to see its composition. The painting is now in storage until

Above: Pennsylvania Coat of Arms it can be restored. A photograph hangs in its place.

Below: Old Pennsylvania Courtroom in Independence Hall In 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to
Photographs courtesy of Independence National
Historical Park the public for the first time, a crowd ran into Independence Hall

and tore down King George III’s coat of arms and burned it. The

PA Coat of Arms painting was created in 1785 to hang in that space. It represented a new way of thinking

for the citizens of Philadelphia… that Pennsylvania was no longer a colony but a part of the new United

States of America. It has been there for so much history: from George Washington’s presidency to the

potential demolition of Independence Hall in the early 1800’s, to the creation of the national park here in

Philadelphia in the late 1940’s.The Friends of INHP are delighted that this treasure has been adopted.

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Young Friends

Young Friends News

The Young Friends had a busy year. Here are some highlights of the past year. We
hope you will join us for our 2018 events!

Cleanup Day: April 8th

Volunteers gathered in Franklin Court to sweep, rake leaves, bag garbage, and wash windows.

Garden Party: May 19th

WWI was the theme for the annual Garden Party held at the Jefferson Garden of the American
Philosophical Society. Guests arrived in fancy hats and bow ties to welcome summer and raise money for
their current project, the George Washington statue. Prizes were awarded for best hat, best bow tie, and
best ensemble.

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Intro to Independence Tour:
July 11th

To educate more young professionals on the
important history of our great city the Young
Friends hosted a tour, led by co-chair Michael
Adams. Starting at Welcome Park the tour went
west and ended at Independence Square.
Afterwards, participants went to the
Independence Beer Garden for some cooling
refreshments.

Dark Side of Philadelphia History Party October 13,

The Dark Side of Philadelphia History Party is the Young Friends Annual Fundraiser held at the Powel
House at 244 S. 3rd Street. This annual fundraiser is centered on the dark, macabre stories of
Philadelphia’s past. It was a great night in one of Philadelphia’s historic homes and the event helped
to raise funds to preserve the George Washington statue.

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@FINHP for news on

upcoming events

Adopt an Artifact Update

Quilts can tell a story

Independence National Historical Park owns an
antique quilt that has recently been the subject of a
publication. Its story pre-dates the American
Revolution and it began and remains in
Philadelphia.

Three young Quaker women (two sisters and a
cousin), daughters of Quaker families in young
Philadelphia, made a quilt for the marriage of the
cousin, Hannah Callender. Designed by cousin
Sarah Smith, the 8’ by 8’ bedcover was sewn and
quilted by Hannah and Caty Smith, Sarah’s sister, in
the year leading up to Hannah’s wedding. The blue
silk (“tafaty”) was hand stitched and hand quilted in
17611. The amazing part is that a quilt so old, and
of such a delicate fabric has survived intact.

The quilt has been in the same family since 1761,
until donated to Independence National Park in
1974 by Elliston P. Morris of the Deshler-Morris
House and a Callender descendent.

A diary kept by Hannah, spanning thirty years, Conservator Virginia Whelan examines the quilt backing. The
reveals the daily life of Quaker women and girls in conservation project was sponsored by a member of the Friends.
late 18th century including the time spent working The Young Friends raised the balance through their annual events.
on the quilt. Her diary, now owned by the American Conservation begins this Fall.
Philosophical Society in Philadelphia, has been
transcribed and edited by Susan Klepp and folded for long periods. She will carefully
Karin Wulf. vacuum the quilt and repair the tears and
other damage. The quilt will be
Textile conservator photographed and a special protective box
Virginia J. Whelan2 is to be constructed.
examined the quilt and
prescribed conservation Contributor: Karie Diethorn, Chief Curator, INHP
steps and appropriate
housing so that the quilt 1. Klepp, Susan E. and Karin Wulf. The Diary of
can be preserved well Hannah Callender Sansom: Sense and Sensibility in
into the future. Ms. the Age of the American Revolution. Cornell
Whelan determined the University Press, Ithaca. 2010.
quilt to be in good
condition, although there 2. Whelan, Virginia, owner of Filaments
are tears and frayed Conservation Studio, Merion Studio, PA conserved
spots near the edges Washington’s Headquarters’ Tent for the Museum of
and weakened places the American Revolution.
where the quilt lay

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NPS Employee Profile

Meet Anna Coxe Toogood, [a.k.a Coxey], Historian

This year, one park employee • the 18th century history of the three
reached a milestone few achieve. blocks north of Independence Hall.
Coxey Toogood, the Park’s
Historian has been with the Park • The President’s House Site, which offered
Service for 45 years; 35 of those an exciting opportunity to explore some of
years here at Independence. her favorite topics, especially domestic
That covers a lot of history. servants, which included slaves,
indentured servants, and paid servants.

A Penn alum and life-long Recently, in a partnership including the Park,
Philadelphian, Coxey started with the Friends, and the African American
the Park Service in 1967 in D.C. Museum, Coxey contributed to planning a
working in the history branch of symposium at the African American Museum,
the Office of Archeology and entitled “Amplify! Black Women of the
Historic Preservation and then Movement”, which explored achievements of
with a Summer-in-the-Parks modern African American Women.
Program.
Currently, she is revising and expanding a
Our Historian spent the Bicentennial and the years National Register entry for the park as an
leading up to it doing research reports on western parks. historic district, which will be accessible to
After a four-year hiatus and a return to Philadelphia, future researchers.
Coxey joined Independence Park as a historian in 1982 in
plenty of time for the next bicentennial - The Constitution’s Coxey enjoys the ever-unfolding history of the
200th. park. Answering interesting questions for the
rangers, the visitor center, or historians and
Funded by the Friends, the 1787 Street Map for the authors who are referred to her keeps the
Bicentennial of the Constitution was a major project that research fun.
Coxey Toogood researched. She poured over plat plans,
deeds, tax assessments, letters from delegates, Congratulations to Coxey Toogood on
newspapers, and other resources, to determine who lived reaching 45 years in the Park Service and
where, the street names and building numbers, and what 35 years at Independence.
homes and businesses were on the sites in 1787. The
result was a 20 x 30 inch map designed by graphic
artist Bob Terrio using Coxey’s research.

Early on, research meant manually digging through piles
of documents, copying information, compiling facts and
figures, and traveling to many places to find the
information. Today the information is much easier to find
right from her desk.

Over the years some of her more memorable projects The 1797 Philadelphia Street Map, based on Coxey’s research .
include researching and documenting: Bob Terrio, Graphic Designer.
• the cultural landscape of the square. For example,
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in the late 1700s a seven-foot wall surrounded
Independence Square. In1812, in response to
neighbors’ concerns about health and access, the
wall was removed.

The Sussex

In 2015, an over 200-year-old
Declaration of Independence
was discovered in Sussex, England

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Declaration
By Emily Sneff

Who commissioned it and how did it get
to England? The Harvard researchers

who discovered the document think
they may have solved the mystery.

When you think of the
Declaration of Independence,

...what comes to mind?

Likely it is the parchment with the text of the The official US Declaration of Independence engrossed by Timothy Matlock
Declaration of Independence engrossed by in 1776, it was signed by 56 founders in state groupings arranged
Timothy Matlack, signed by 56 delegates, and on geographically, north to south, right to left. This well-known document has a
display today in the National Archives. portrait or vertical orientation (The National Archives)

When my colleague at the Declaration Resources parchments that the firm was planning to give to
Project, Harvard professor Danielle Allen, and I the paper salvage program in support of the war
think of the Declaration of Independence, our effort. With the permission of his superiors, he
minds are filled with different images: broadsides, and two local experts sifted through the papers,
newspapers, manuscripts, and books, from setting aside anything historically significant. The
large-scale ornamental editions to annual reprints Sussex Declaration was likely among these
in local newspapers. Our main scholarly work at papers, which Holden later entrusted to the West
the Declaration Resources Project involves the Sussex Record Office.
creation of a database of every known edition of
the Declaration of Independence produced from The Sussex Declaration is a parchment
1776 through the 1820s. This effort has led to a manuscript copy of the Declaration of
number of fascinating insights about the Independence, and both of those terms are
dissemination of the Declaration of important.There are other printed copies on
Independence, both in those first few weeks after parchment, and there are other manuscript
July 4, 1776 when it was “breaking news,” and in copies, typically on letter-sized paper. But the
those first few decades of the republic. only other known parchment manuscript copy of
the Declaration of Independence is the
In early July, Professor Allen and I had the engrossed and signed parchment at the National
pleasure of speaking at Congress Hall about a
document that we uncovered through this
database work, a document that has captured our
interest for nearly two years, what we call the
“Sussex Declaration. ”

We came across the Sussex Declaration in
August 2015 through the online catalog entry that
read, “Manuscript copy, on parchment, of the
Declaration in Congress of the thirteen United
States.” This copy of the Declaration of
Independence is housed at the West Sussex
Record Office in Chichester, England, and so we
refer to it as the Sussex Declaration. The
document was deposited at the Record Office in
1956 by Mr. Leslie Holden, who worked for the
local solicitor’s office and was dedicated to
learning about and preserving local history.
Holden’s diaries and memoirs reveal that in the
1940s, Holden "rescued" a number of papers and

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Archives, referred to herein as the “Matlack Several names are misspelled, including John
Declaration.” At 24 inches by 30 inches, the Pinn (Penn), Richard Storkton (Stockton), and John
Sussex Declaration is the same size as the Witherspoare (Witherspoon). These misspellings
Matlack Declaration, but it is oriented horizontally. could only really be achieved if the names were
The names of the 56 signers are listed at the copied from signatures. Additionally, the names
bottom, and the whole document – from the title are abbreviated as they appear in the signatures;
to the text to the list of names – was written out Benja. Franklin, for example. This means that the
by a clerk. There are pre-industrial nail holes in the source text for the Sussex Declaration has to be
corners, indicating that it was hung up at some the Matlack Declaration, or another copy that
point. The Sussex Declaration’s size, legibility, and replicates the signatures, and such copies did not
nail holes are evidence that this document was exist until the 19th century.
prepared for a public, not private purpose. Based
on this material evidence, we believe the Sussex However, the names are not listed in the same
Declaration dates to the 1780s, and was order as the Matlack Declaration. John Hancock,
produced by a clerk working in either New York or almost always listed first in his role as President of
Philadelphia. the Continental Congress, is listed fourth. On the
Matlack Declaration, after Hancock, the names
Moving beyond the question of when it was proceed from right to left, in state order from north
produced, two major mysteries remain: who to south. The Declaration of Independence was
commissioned it, and how did it end up in West the first document that the Continental Congress
Sussex? The question of who commissioned the signed in this manner; in the Olive Branch Petition
Sussex Declaration is quickly followed by the and other earlier documents, they signed in north-
question of why, and we believe the answer to to-south state order from left to right. Nevertheless,
both can be found in the list of names, which has these state groupings are typically labelled in
proven to be the most remarkable characteristic of printings of the Declaration of Independence, and
this document. are visually identifiable on the Matlack Declaration.

The Sussex Declaration discovered by
Harvard researchers Allen and Sneff in
2015 in Sussex, England.
Estimated to be nearly as old as the
official Matlack Declaration shown on
page 16, the text remains the same,
yet the document differs in
presentation. This orientation is
landscape or horizontal and the names
of the signers are written by the
engrosser of the text and are arranged
with no recognition of state
representation. Who commissioned
such a work and why was the
presentation of the original not
preserved in this nearly
contemporary copy?

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But on the Sussex Declaration, the state collectors, and died at the age of 55. In the

groupings have been completely done away 1780s, Wilson was among a small group of

with. After trying to find some sort of pattern or individuals who would have had access to the

reason for this reordering of the names, we papers of the Continental Congress, which

reached the conclusion that the names were included the Matlack Declaration. Wilson was the

intentionally intermingled. Using the column person who most frequently evoked the

order of the Matlack Declaration of Independence

Declaration, names were picked during the Constitutional

from each column in a method Convention and the ratifying

that ensured that the state conventions. As a Federalist, he

groupings would be obscured. also would have had motivation to

This type of scrambling makes commission a copy of the

sense in an era where ciphers Declaration of Independence

and codes were popular tools. where the signatories are

The clerk who inscribed the scrambled, eliminating state

Sussex Declaration used a associations. Reading the Sussex

combination of alternating Declaration in this way promotes

columns and transposition to a nationalist view, where the new

produce this new list. Only one nation rests on the authority of a

other known edition of the unitary national people.

Declaration of Independence

lists the names in the same If the Sussex Declaration was

order as the Sussex commissioned and produced in

Declaration: a miniature James Wilson: 1742-1798, Pennsylvanian, Signer the United States, how did it
engraving, produced by L.H. of the Declaration and Constitution, a Federalist, reach southern England? As

Bridgham in Boston in 1836. and one of first six Supreme Court Justices. mentioned, the depositor of the

Evidence points to the Sussex Independence National Historical Park. document worked for a local

Declaration, or a copy of it, as solicitor’s firm that dated back to

the source for the Bridgham the 18th century and counted the

engraving; additionally, we Dukes of Richmond among their

believe this means that the clients. Goodwood House, the

Sussex Declaration either estate of the Dukes of Richmond,

moved to England in the 1780s is located just a few miles from

or after1836. the West Sussex Record Office,

We believe the Sussex and a number of the papers

Declaration could very likely deposited at the same time as the

have been commissioned in the Sussex Declaration relate to the

years and political climate Dukes. It seems likely, then, that

leading up to the Constitutional the Sussex Declaration was

Convention by Pennsylvania’s among the papers of the Dukes of

own James Wilson, signer of Richmond, given to their

both the Declaration of solicitors, and eventually

Independence and the United deposited at the record office.

States Constitution. He led a One Duke with a particularly

fascinating life: he was among the 3rd Duke of Richmond: 1735-1806, early fascinating connection to the
most learned minds of his progressive British politician, pro-colonist; after Declaration of Independence was
time, helped to draft the Charles Lennox, the 3rd Duke of
Constitution, was a land 1884 held Tory views; lived in East Sussex, Richmond, called the “Radical
speculator, served on the England. Portrait by George Romney, 1775-1777. Duke” because of his support of
Supreme Court, contracted Wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lennox,_3rd_Duke_o the American colonies; in 1778,
malaria while escaping debt he even read the Declaration of
f_Richmond#/media/File:3rd_Duke_of_ Independence in Parliament.
Richmond.jpg

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In our event at Congress Hall, Professor Allen In 1792, when
unveiled a previously unexplored connection
between the 3rd Duke of Richmond and a town meetings
familiar character in the history of the American
Revolution: Thomas Paine. Before publishing sprang up all
Common Sense in Philadelphia, Paine lived in
Lewes in East Sussex and worked as an excise over England in
officer from 1768-1774. He was also a frequent
and dedicated juror, which would have placed which men
him under the supervision of the 3rd Duke of
Richmond. The Dukes of Richmond have a voted to
long-standing interest in racing, and the Duke’s
patronage of races in Lewes is documented in repudiate
the newspapers. This patronage also connected
the Duke to the proprietors of the White Hart Paine and to
Tavern (now Hotel) and Verral’s Coffee House,
who, as it happened, were also among Paine’s support
closest connections while he lived in Lewes. In
short, there are lines of connection between accusations of
Paine and the Duke during the years before
Paine came to Philadelphia. sedition

While in America, Paine along with James against him
Wilson, was an advocate for the Bank of North
America. He also had access to the papers of and his
the Continental Congress, including the Matlack
Declaration, through his work as a Congressional colleagues, a
secretary and later through an assignment given
him to produce materials in support of the new meeting took
nation. Paine travelled back to England in the
spring of 1787, and could have brought a place in Lewes,
document like the Sussex Declaration with him.
He published Rights of Man in 1791 and Rights with the 3rd
of Man. Part the Second (1792) includes a
fascinating footnote in which Paine wrote, "The Duke of Thomas Paine: 1737-1809, Revolutionary
Duke of Richmond alone (and there are cases pamphleteer, at one time associated with the
similar to his) takes away as much for himself as Richmond Duke of Richmond. Independence National
would maintain two thousand poor and aged presiding. Paine
persons," and called the Duke a member of a wrote an Historical Park
"band of parasites, living in luxurious indolence, impassioned
out of the public taxes." Why did Paine attack the
Duke in this way? letter to his

Previously, the 3rd Duke of Richmond had former fellow townsmen in Lewes, imploring them
frequently called for parliamentary reform, and
even for universal male suffrage. But after the to stand with him. But at the meeting, which
Treaty of Versailles, he became far less “radical,”
and seemingly repudiated his earlier connections ironically took place on July 4th, the Duke and
to radical politics. Paine and others saw the Duke
as a hypocrite, and perhaps still hoped he would the people of Lewes affirmed their support of the
rejoin his former allies.
new laws against sedition, and against Paine.

The Sussex Declaration could have moved from
Paine to the 3rd Duke of Richmond, perhaps in
recognition of the Duke's earlier support of the
American Revolution, or in an effort to rekindle
his reformist spirit. This is not the only possible
pathway of transmission, but in any event, our
research around this document has revealed a
fascinating glimpse into the Duke's political life
and his shifting views. There are still mysteries
about the Sussex Declaration to be solved. For
the latest on our progress, and to learn more
about the Declaration Resources Project and our
other work, visit declaration.fas.harvard.edu.

Emily Sneff is Research Manager of the
Declaration Resources Project. Danielle Allen is
the James Bryant Conant University Professor at
Harvard University and the Director of the
Declaration Resources Project.

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Governing Board Profile

Meet Edward M. D’Alba, Board Member

As a youth, Ed D’Alba, the stewardship and the duty to
recently retired president and communicate the values of the
CEO of Urban Engineers, Inc., organization, engaging others to
wanted to be an athlete and a support it. With so many worthy
Park Ranger. He did become an non-profits competing for support,
athlete, passionate about he believes the message and the
rowing. Family and education passion for our organization must
led him in a different direction be strong.
as a civil engineer and the
leadership of his own company. Expanding the paid staff and the
Though he never joined the volunteer programs are two of Ed’s
Park Service, he has come a lit- hopes for the Friends. The Board
tle closer by joining the Friends’ might expand to include a
Board. national presence to shine a
spotlight on the park. Perhaps the
In 1997 a Friends board Edward D’Alba: image courtesy of Urban Engineers Friends could even reach out to
member approached Ed to join non-park areas in the historic
the Board, but he was too busy Ed’s guiding principle: Where I neighborhood to help them
building his business then. In can make something a little bit establish an historic presence with
2011, Tom Caramanico, Friends better for country, family or the gardens, fences, and windows. To
board member and former do this, he explains, the Friends
Chairman invited Ed again and Park, I will do so. would need to attract private and
this time he couldn’t refuse. public funding.
The Friends were trying to start That made Ed realize he must
a Young Friends group and never take a national park for The Magnolia Garden is Ed’s
some employees of Urban granted, ever. The saddest day in favorite place in the park. It is his
Engineers were invited to tour the park for Ed was the day he place to think. He will often grab
Independence Hall Tower. Ed saw many groups of students with lunch from the café and walk over
joined them and was hooked. their teachers and chaperones just to relax. A second favorite
He caught the passion for walking aimlessly around the Park. spot is the VIP room in the West
Independence National They had come here for a long- Wing. It was created by the
Historical Park and discovered awaited trip to Independence Hall, Friends to host the Park’s special
that the Friends were all about only to arrive the day the guests, US Presidents, Queen
the Park. government shut down and the Elizabeth, Pope Francis, and other
Park closed. dignitaries.
Twenty years ago when Ed
When Ed joined the Friends Besides serving on the boards of
moved his company to the Penn Board, there were only four board Urban Engineers, the Friends of
members. Believing that no board Independence, and Fairmount
Tower Building on Walnut Street, can do all that needs doing with Park, Ed continues to keep fit.
so few, he took on the task of Every year for his birthday, he
he thought navigating around growing the size of the board. climbs a 6,000 foot mountain in
Today there are 13 board Vermont… because he is an
tourists would be a negative, members. Asked about the athlete and he can do it. Though
responsibilities of a non-profit not a Park Ranger, Ed has become
but it has never been so. Ed board, Ed quickly named a dedicated park steward. He has
enjoyed many of the National
goes out of his way to walk Parks, but he found his Park right
here.
through the park. He describes

looking out his office window

and seeing tourists smiling and

talking about this place and

knowing they will be bringing

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to their friends and family.

INHP News

Celebrating the Magnolia Tribute
Garden Restoration Project

The park recently held a joint event with the Garden Clubs
of America to celebrate the renovations to and restoration
of the Magnolia Tribute Garden located on Locust St.
between 4th and 5th. Ten different groups from the Garden
Club of America in the Philadelphia area contributed over
$23,000 toward the project. The event also celebrated the
long partnership between the Garden Club of America and
Independence National Historical Park.

The Magnolia Tribute Garden was installed by The Garden From left: Cynthia MacLeod, Superintendent; Anne Sims, great
Club of America in the late 1950's and in 1959 gifted to the niece of Mrs. Platt & Mrs. Rosengarten, founders of the
National Park Service as part of the Independence National Magnolia Garden; Dede Petri, President of the National Garden
Historical Park. Club of America; and Susie Leonard, Chair of the Philadelphia
Committee.
In 1783 when back at Mount Vernon, “[George]Washington
sought the most handsome or ‘clever kind of trees On May 11, 2017, the Park and the
(especially flowering ones)’ for his landscape... From his Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of
nephew in South Carolina, Washington sought two varieties America gathered in the Magnolia Tribute
of magnolia, with their large white blossoms and glossy Garden to celebrate the completion.
leaves.”1

Inspired by George Washington's interest in magnolia trees,
the garden club planted 13 magnolia trees that line the
garden's perimeter and represent the 13 original colonies.

In honor of the 100th Anniversary of the National Park The Friends, especially Board member Ed
Service, The Philadelphia Committee of the Garden Club of D’Alba, recommends a visit to this lovely
America (PCGCA) determined to underwrite improvements Locust Street oasis to admire the fine work of
to the Magnolia Tribute Garden. The Restoration Committee the Park horticultural crew, the Garden Club
projected that $20,000 was needed to repair and expand members and the volunteers, whose care and
the existing irrigation system, replace shrubs, plant new hard work have beautifully restored this special
shrubs, perennials and 1,800 daffodil bulbs. The 10 clubs place for today and for generations to come.
who make up The Philadelphia Committee and individual
PCGCA members raised over $20,000. On November 4, 1.“Historic Trees at Mt. Vernon”. http://www.mountvernon.org/the-
2015 PCGCA members, with the assistance of friends and estate-gardens/gardens-landscapes/trees-at-mount-vernon/ (Ac-
park staff, planted the daffodil bulbs. The irrigation work cessed July 23, 2017)
was completed before winter of 2015-16 set in.2
2.GCA Magnolia Tribute Garden Restoration Project.
In the Spring of 2016 removal and replacement of azaleas http://pcgca.org/magnolia-tribute-garden.html (Accessed July 20,
and magnolias and introduction of hydrangeas to the 2017)
garden was accomplished with the assistance of a
landscaper. On Spring Clean-up day, PCGCA members Contributions from Susan Edens, Park Horticulturist, Gina Gilliam,
pruned and fed the azaleas and daffodils and performed Park Public Affairs Officer and Cathy Siegl, Between Friends
general maintenance. The Committee was assisted on their
work day by the third-grade students of St. Mary's School, 21
which abuts the garden.

Friends of INHP News It was almost two years ago when
Superintendent Cynthia MacLeod raised
First Bank Update the issue of the Friends taking on the
First Bank Project. A $26 million effort
by Tom Caramanico seemed insurmountable for our Board
and so we set it aside. But this spark of
22 an idea ignited something in a couple of
us who thought that maybe we might be
able to do this. The amazing interest in
Alexander Hamilton as a result of the
Broadway musical gave us some hope
and also helped us attract the attention
of some very influential people. So, with
outside help, we organized a committee,
hired a consultant to complete a formal
feasibility study, engaged with all
manner of people interested in banks,
Central Banks, Alexander Hamilton,
Philadelphia and the financial system of
the United States. And now we are off
and running.

We hired Brent Glass, President
Emeritus of the American History
Museum at the Smithsonian Institute and
former Executive Director of the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission to complete a feasibility
study to be submitted to the National
Park Service in support of our request to
take on this project. Brent and his
colleagues spent six months
interviewing, analyzing and studying the
project and our ability to get it done.
And his report includes these two
sentences:

“Having examined both the context of
the proposed First Bank fundraising
campaign and the assets and
liabilities of the Friends of
Independence National Historical
Park, we believe that the proposed

campaign to raise $26 million is feasible. The very favorable context for this campaign, strong
support from interviewees and willingness of FINHP to significantly increase its organizational
and financial capability provide a sound foundation for this effort.”

The report with this conclusion is now in the process of review by the National Park Service and
we expect a favorable response in the near future. We think that this is exactly the kind of
public private partnership that the federal government needs and is likely to support now and in
the years ahead.

Brent has assembled a Leadership Council that includes many notable folks: Patrick Harker,
President of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank, Joe Torsella Treasurer of Pennsylvania,
Mary Bomar, former Director of the National Park Service and former Superintendent of
Independence National Historical Park, Robin Weismann, Secretary of Banking of Pennsylvania
and many others.

We have met with Governor Tom Wolf and with many other prominent leaders. Interest in the
First Bank is overwhelming and once we have the go ahead from the National Park Service, our
fundraising efforts will shift into a higher gear and we expect sparks will fly!!

Our goal is to have the project finished and open to the public with exhibits inside that tell the
story of the creation of the financial system of the United States within four years. This will be
well before the semi-quincentenial (250 year anniversary) celebration that will sweep the country
in 2026.

For more information contact Joyce Walker at [email protected].

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Member Events

Cocktails and Confections with Dolley

On a lovely evening in June, Friends Dolley Madison portrayed by
Cynthia Jansen Rose
gathered in the gardens along Walnut Street

for desserts, cocktails, and entertainment,

with a serving of history.

During the festivities, members were invited to sign
up for a tour of the Todd House, former home of
Dolley Todd Madison. Tours were led every 15
minutes to groups of 10 who gathered in the garden
by special guides for the evening: Doris Fanelli,
Chief, Cultural Resources Management and Karie
Diethorn, Chief Museum Curator. What an enjoyable,
enlightening experience it was to see the Todd
House, never open after hours, with guides so
knowledgeable about the house and its artifacts.
Even those who had visited the house before
found the tour fascinating.

Back in the garden area, many treats awaited the
members. As a surprise to those attending, Dolley
Todd Madison made an appearance and charmed
the guests with her wit and repartee. As always, she
was a phenomenal hostess.

The event lived up to its name — Cocktails &
Confections — as members enjoyed luscious 18th
century desserts from City Tavern, as well as
strawberry ice cream specially molded in 19th
century molds from Franklin Fountain. The dessert
table was laden with an array of confections, such as
lemon curd tarts, chocolate ganache tarts, seed
cakes with Fairie Butter, and molasses cookies. To
complement such delightful confections, wine and a
special cocktail, French 75, (a combination of
champagne, gin and lemon sorbet from Franklin
Fountain) were offered.

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Eric Berley of Franklin Fountain demonstrates how to mold ice Guests also were treated to several
cream using a 19th century mold. demonstrations. City Tavern showed guests
how to make “Fairie Butter” (similar to modern
day icing), which graced the seed cakes on the
dessert table and which was James Madison’s
favorite cake. Chef Walter Staib and Pastry
Chef, Diana Wolkow were on hand to answer
questions and elaborate on these desserts of
the 18th century.

In addition, Eric Berley from Franklin Fountain
demonstrated the art of molding ice cream,
using an antique strawberry mold, while the
Franklin Fountain staff displayed and discussed
their collection of 18th and 19th century ice
cream molds. And, as a special treat during the
evening, Ryan Berley twice presented a
program on the connection of Dolley Todd
Madison to ice cream.

A summer garden party with some history on the
side delighted this year’s guests so much that a
similar event featuring a tour of the Bishop White
House is in the works for Spring 2018.
Watch for an announcement in Spring of 2018
and sign up early. This event will sell out fast.

Guests gathered in the garden behind the Walnut Street
buildings to sample tasty treats and enjoy a night among
friends.

Diana Wolkow of City Tavern discussed her dazzling array of An original sign to promote Dolly Madison ice cream from
pastries and what exactly “Fairie Butter” is. the collection of Franklin Fountain

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INHP News

A Silver Jubilee: Our Parks, Our Stories, Our Adventures

The Park Service and Junior Rangers

by Paul Campbell and Joanne Schillizzi

This past spring the Edgar Allan Poe National on the Wissahiccon” [sic] as their inspiration, the
Historic Site (NHS) Junior Rangers ‘found their students were encouraged to point out objects of
park!’ Chaperoned by their teachers and NPS scenic and natural beauty on their hike. Capping off
rangers, city school children ventured to natural a tour of the house, Park Ranger Joanne Schillizzi
and historical sites in the Philadelphia area. The recited the first half of Poe’s “The Black Cat” before
fields trips touched on a variety of subjects, passing the baton to Mr. Poe himself to complete the
including America’s founding, the Underground macabre tale of horror. As on many occasions in the
Railroad, struggles for equality, artistic creation, past, Park Ranger Helen McKenna-Uff outdid herself
and protecting our earth’s resources. This in a masterful performance of the author.
program, an ongoing partnership between the The following week the Junior Rangers travelled a bit
Edgar Allan Poe NHS and Spring Garden School, farther afield, taking a bus ride to Germantown. The
just celebrated its Silver Jubilee. Each year it subject of the trip was the Underground Railroad.
proves to be an outstanding way of encouraging The students toured two houses steeped in that
young people to explore, preserve, and protect painful, yet inspiring, chapter in our nation’s history.
their parks. Their first stop was the Johnson House, where they
heard stories of abolitionists and fugitive slaves who
The Junior Rangers kicked off their season with a risked their lives to make the Underground Railroad
visit to Independence NHP, complementing their a success. The second stop was the Germantown
classroom curriculum on the three branches of White House, where they learned about enslaved
government. They toured the National
Constitution Center, the Liberty Bell Center, and Supervisory Park Ranger Jeffrey Collins helps the Junior Rangers net and
Independence Hall, and enjoyed a picnic lunch remove 'rusty crayfish' from Valley Creek. (Photo by VIP Ali Valin)
in the shade on Independence Square. The day
ended on an energetic note with dance
instructors, including Park Ranger Ray
Harshbarger, teaching the Junior Rangers
eighteenth century dance routines. Despite some
initial apprehension, the students eventually let
their hair down, partying like it was 1776!

On the Fairmount Park trip, the Junior Rangers
experienced the serene beauty of the Shofuso
Japanese House and Garden. Following a tour,
they learned the art of origami by creating
samurai penguins and swans. One student
remarked that he would soon return with his
family. This was great to hear, as a purpose of
the trip was for the students to see how much
there is to explore in their own backyard.

For their next excursion, the Junior Rangers
reached their destination on foot. The place was

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From left to right: Park Rangers Joanne Schillizzi, Paul Campbell, and Parks took the students on a hike. Many were
Acting Regional Director Cynthia MacLeod talk to Junior Rangers at dazzled by the diverse array of wildlife,
Spring Garden Elementary School (Photo by Park Ranger Eric Knight) especially when they saw a snapping turtle up
close. Particularly impressive at these sites is
Africans who labored as part of President and how the staff at Hopewell Furnace NHS and PA
Mrs. Washington’s household staff. The highlight State Parks work together on a common mission
of the visit was actress Millicent Sparks’ poignant of caring for our historic and natural treasures.
one-person performance as Harriet Tubman. This was not lost on the students, one of whom
‘Ms. Tubman’ brilliantly made history relevant, wrote in his journal: “What I learned about being
explaining that education is the Underground a ranger is, “leave nature the way you found it’.”
Railroad of today. Another student, inspired by the passion the
rangers display in their work, commented that
As the summer edged closer, the Junior Rangers what he liked most was getting to “meet the
ventured outside of Philadelphia. This time they rangers.”
traveled to Valley Forge NHP where the theme
was ‘citizen scientists’ (with a side dish of On June 12 the Junior Rangers held their closing
history). The students were led on a nature walk, ceremony at Spring Garden School. This was not
learned about the women’s suffrage movement simply a wrap-up of another great season, but
at the Justice Bell, and participated in the the celebration of a 25-year partnership that is
‘crayfish corps’ program. Staff from Valley Forge educational, enlightening, and just plain fun! The
NHP, Independence NHP, and the Edgar Allan students enjoyed watching a presentation that
Poe NHS combined their energies and talents to included pictures from this year’s field trips and
give the students an exciting educational profound quotes that they wrote in their journals.
experience. The students enjoyed the process of The Park Rangers passed out certificates of
netting and removing an invasive species of achievement and gifts to the students and
crayfish from Valley Creek. Most importantly, they awards for the best journals and t-shirt designs.
learned they can play a valuable role in In congratulating the students, Acting Northeast
protecting an ecosystem. Regional Director Cynthia MacLeod noted that
the Spring Garden School is on the National
The final field trip was to Hopewell Furnace NHS Register of Historic Places and that every week
and French Creek State Park. At Hopewell they work and play in a building itself worthy of
Furnace, the Junior Rangers participated in the historic preservation.
molding program, a hands-on way of learning
iron casting by substituting plaster for metal. The ceremony concluded with all attendees
Each student created a miniature ‘furnace door,’ enjoying cake decorated with the motto for the
which he or she took home as a keepsake. At season: Our Parks, Our Stories, Our Adventures.
French Creek, a ranger for Pennsylvania State And indeed, what adventures the Edgar Allan
Poe National Historic Site and Spring Garden
School have had together!

Paul Campbell and Joanne Schillizzi are Park
Rangers at Independence NHP and the Edgar
Allan Poe NHS. This year they had the honor of
conducting the Edgar Allan Poe NHS Junior
Ranger program.

Did you know that the kids in your life can be
Junior Rangers too? Stop by the Ranger desk at
the Independence Visitor Center for a booklet or
print one online at nps.gov/inde. Bring the kids to

INHP to visit history and get their badges!

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Semiquincentennial News

DAR Donates 76 Trees to Celebrate the
Semiquincentennial

USA250 is chartered by Congress to plan the celebration of the 250th
birthday of the United States. On June 28, 2017 the Commission
announced the first major, patriotic gift to the nation for America's
milestone in 2026. The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in
Washington, DC has donated $380,000 to the National Park Service to
underwrite the planting of 76 trees in Independence National
Historical Park. DAR President General Ann Turner Dillon presented the
gift “made in the spirit of '76”.

Photo: The Daughters of the American Revolution. According to USA250 and the DAR, “the trees will be planted over the
Pictured from left to right: DAR President General next three years and mature as the nation approaches our 250th
Ann Turner Dillon, National Park Service Acting anniversary in 2026. The new trees will significantly enhance the
Northeast Regional Director Cynthia MacLeod, and overall character that has defined and will continue to define the park
DAR Honorary President General and United States for decades.”
Semiquincentennial Commissioner Lynn Forney
Young. The DAR has made many contributions to strengthen Independence Hall
and its surrounding environs. In 1926 for the Sesquicentennial, the DAR
planted 13 trees at Independence Square. For the 200th birthday
in1976, they funded the restoration of Independence Hall’s second floor.

To learn more about plans for the semiquincentennial celebration, go to the USA250 website:
http://www.usa250.org/. Excerpted from the USA250 press release of June 28, 2017.

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Amazon will do the rest at no cost to you. The Friends will get a portion of the profit.

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Annual Report Mr. and Mrs. Irwin E. Robinson 2016 Annual Report
Ms. Carolyn W. Sampson
Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2016 Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Seymour Ms. Elizabeth Vrooman and
Ms. Marcia Shearer Mr. Richard Baskin
2016 Members Cathy and Bill Siegl
Richard and Catherine Sisca Mr. Wallace Wing and
Lifetime Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spencer Ms. Sherry Shamansky
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Steel
Mr. Thomas A. Caramanico Mr. Henderson Supplee, III Individual
Mr. Edward M. D'Alba Tag Strategies
Ms. Linda Abby Fein Richard and Carolyn Veith Anonymous
Mary Jenkins and Kenneth Foster John and Brenda Wright Mrs. Raul Betancourt
Mr. Franklin Roberts Ms. Jody M Blohm, Ed.D
Mr. Thomas Scannapieco Household Mr. George W. Boudreau, Ph.D.
Miss Lisa Witomski Ms. Kerry L. Bryan
Anonymous Ms. Janet Burnham
Flag Bearer Mr. Noel Abejo Ms. Marie Burrows
Mr. George J. Ahern Mr. Vito Casiello
Jeffrey and Linda Pollock Dr. and Mrs. Jonathan E Beck Mr. Al Cavalari
Mr. and Mrs. Lynmar Brock, Jr Ms. Catherine Chia-Calabria
Steward Anne and Richard Brown Mrs. Barbara Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burke Ms. Kay Connors
Mr. BJ Dunn and Mr. Rich Bennett Ms. Nancy Burrough Mrs. Patricia R. Cooney
Mr. David Seltzer Scott and Nelly Childress Ms. Denise Dahlhoff
Mr. Philip B. Clunk, Sr. Mr. Andrew J. Davis, III
Patriot Mark and Bonnie Cochard Mr. Michael DiPilla
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Fecher Ms. Joan Duckenfield
Anonymous Marianne and John Gallen Mrs. Grace Feely
Mr. Philip Anders Ms. Barbara D. Hauptfuhrer Mr. Scott Flanegin
Ms. Margaret Barringer Ms. Ann E. Hedges Mrs. Joyce Gelman
Ms. Flora L. Becker Mr. Wasyl Hryncyszyn Ms. Alice L. George
Erling and Rita Boe Mr. and Mrs. Robert H Kettell Ms. Maryanne Gerbauckas
Ms. Lisa Brenskelle Mrs. Iris Levine Ms. Nancy Halpern
Ms. Tag Brewer Ms. Lani L.P. MacAniff Mrs. Gayle H. Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Cawood Ms. Rosemarie McCafferty Ms. Linda J. Harris
Mr. Alan Costabile Mr. Lynn Miller Mr. Michael Haughney
Ms. Peggy Duckett Mr. Randall Miller Ms. Ruth Herd
Doris and Robert Fanelli Dorothy K. and John J. Moran Ms. Karen Hires
Mr. and Mrs. A. Carter Fergusson Dr. and Mrs. R. Barrett Noone Ms. Antoinette Hoagland
Ms. Peggy Frankenfield Ms. Lisa Obermeier Ms. Joan Johnson
Ms. Nancy G. Gilboy and Mr. and Mrs. Sean O'Dell Mr. Dennis Kane
Lanny and Ann Patten Ms. Kathryn Kapusta
Mr. Philip Harvey Ms. Maria Pautler Ms. Kathleen Kazeniac
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jacovini Mr. James Peale Ms. Susan Kellogg
Mr. George F. Koch, Jr. Joe and Lynn Pokrifka Mr. John C. Klady
Mr. Joseph Lippincott Ms. Anne Putney Mr. Alan A Kober
Mr. Thomas Lynch Dennis and Kristine Reidenbach Ms. Judith Kotler
Cynthia Macleod and Dr. Kenneth A. Richman Mr. Charles Krueger
Marvin and Ruth Sachs Mrs. Iris Levine
Douglas Harnsberger Richard and Susan Salkowitz Mr. Stephen London
Mr. Charles M. Maltbie, Jr. Donald and Bonnie Shanis Ms. Lisa Makosewski
Mr. Scott McCreary Mr. John F. Smyth, Jr. Ms. Kathleen McGrann
Ms. Carol L. McNeill SPRYTE Ms. Valerie N. Moran
Mr. Stephen W. Miller Mr. and Mrs. David Spunt Mr. Herb Moskovitz
Mr. Jeremy Mollison Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Strasbaugh Ms. Mary A. Mullen
Mr. Eugene A. Mound Ms. Dolores Tayoun Mr. Richard V. Nowakowski
Museum of the American Revolution Mrs. Rosemary E. Thomas Mr. Al Palumbo Jr.
Ms. Lisa Simon Nugiel Ms. M. San Miguel Paulson
Gretchen and Jay Riley Ms. Paula Petrella
Ms. Joanne Reider

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2016 Annual Report Bicentennial Bell Garden Washington Square
Supporters Fund
Individuals (continued)
Mr. George J. Ahern Phila. Continental Chapter,
Mr. Theodore R. Robb The Bergman Foundation Sons of the American Revolution
Mr. S. Richard Ross Descendants of the Signers of the
Mr. Matthew Scanlan, II Young Friends Sponsors
Mr. David R. Schwartz Declaration of Independence
Ms. Louise H. Shafer Ms. Linda Abby Fein Automated Financial Systems
Ms. Patricia Silverman Mr. Leonard Hoffman Citrin Cooperman &
Stephen and Betsy Smith Mr. Theodore R. Robb
Ms. Conni Spiegle Company, LLP
Ms. Marci Spiegle First Bank of the USA Jacqueline M. Griffith Fund
Ms. Paula Spielberg Restoration Supporters McCormick Taylor
Mrs. Zabeth Teelucksingh Philadelphia Convention &
Mr. Edward Uthe Mr. Thomas A. Caramanico
Mr. Jonathan E. Wood Connelly Foundation Visitors Bureau
Ms. Linda Abby Fein Resource Real Estate, Inc.
Adopt-an-Artifact IT Properties Managemnet, Inc. Urban Engineers, Inc.
Mr. Sean Moran
Cathy and Bill Siegl Ms. Joyce L. Walker Matching Gift
Young Friends of Independence Companies
Dorman Fund Donors
Preserve Independence EXELON
Campaign Ms. Elizabeth Cameron Glaxo Smith Kline

Anonymous Donors In Memory of
American Heritage
CSSA Insurance Services, Inc. Katherine Clunk
Landmarks Tours EMD Performance Materials
Mr. Jeffrey T. Barsky Richard and Barbara Heller Above Average Productions, Inc.
Ms. Flora L. Becker Robin Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Brown
Ms. Mary T. Bell National Park Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clunk
Mrs. Raul Betancourt Olin Partnership, Ltd. Mr. Philip Clunk
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III Philadelphia Delaware Valley Mr. and Mrs. James Devaney
Mr. and Mrs. McBee Butcher Arnold H and Anne E. DiBlasi
Mr. M. Campbell Cawood Chapter Society of Fire Engineers Caitlin, Kelly, Dan and
Mark and Bonnie Cochard Gretchen and Jay Riley
CSSA Insurance Services, Inc. Star Linen and Supply Brian Harper
Ms. Janecy E. Daly Mary and Willia Harper
Tobey and Mark Dichter Event Sponsor Ms. Audrey Kilch
Ms. Peggy Duckett Barbara and Joseph Reilley
Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold A. Frezel The M&T Charitable Foundation Richard and Catherine White
Ms. Alice L. George
Ms. Nancy G. Gilboy and Freedom 5K Sponsors Included in this newsletter is the
Annual Report for the Friends of
Mr. Philip Harvey Mr. Rob Bickart Independence NHP Fiscal Year 2016.
Mr. Theodore R. Robb Bochetto & Lentz, P.C. Every attempt was made to produce an
Mr. James H. Sanborn Jacobs/Wyper Architects, LLP accurate listing of donors. In the event
Ms. Mary Louise Schlachta McCormick Taylor, Inc. of any error or omission, please contact
Ms. Louise H. Shafer Mr. David Seltzer the Friends office at 215-861-4971.
Donald and Bonnie Shanis Sirlin, Lesser and Benson, P. C. Thank you.
Ms. Christine Shearburn Tag Strategies
Cathy and Bill Siegl
SPRYTE Grant Providers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spencer
Ms. Joyce L Walker Albert W. Bader Foundation
John Wineland EXELON
Dolfinter-McMahon Foundation
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Volunteers Rob Bickhart 2016 Annual Report
Jody Blohm
Thank you to our 2016 Volunteers for Christopher Bobrowski Jeremy Mollison
all your hard work and dedication. George Bochetto Patricia Moore
Total Volunteer hours for Fiscal Year George Boudreau Lissa Morinsky
2016 were 1,251.5 hours. Tag Brewer Thomas Morr
Criag Brody Austin Morris Jr.
Breakdown of Volunteer Hours Thomas Caramanico Sue Murphy
Katie Carver Cynthia Palmer
Office Volunteers 736 hours Ed D'Alba Patricia Panzera
Mike DiPilla Kaytalin Platt
Twilight Tour Guides 188 hours Jerry Drew Jeff Pollock
Colleen Duncan Linda Pollock
Event Volunteers 126 hours Tim Dunn Richard Ross
Linda Fein David Schwartz
Young Friends 107.5 hours Scott Flanegan Barry Seymour
Sheila Haren Chris Shearburn
Governing Board 94 hours Karen Kaufman Bill Siegl
Alan Kober Cathy Siegl
2016 Volunteers Joan Kober Lisa Simon
Charlie Krueger Jon Sirlin
Al Cavalari Kyle LaRue Thomas Spencer
Alan Costabile Janet Lewis Marci Spiegle
Noel Abejo Mason Lewis Robin Stamey
Ersie Abejo Stephen London Kim Staub
Michael Adams Jessica Main Joyce Walker
George Ahern Alan Mandeloff Kamren Washington-Richardson
Molly Albertson Bill Marrazzo Emily Watts
Aysha Ames Scott McCarry Patrick Williams
Pat Barrone Melodee Mercer
Jonathan Beck
Judy Beck
Flora Becker
Lynda Benedetto

Thank you to the
volunteers who come out

for every event and
program and share their

joy with our visitors!

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2016 Annual Report Statement of Activities

Financial Report

Statement of Financial Position UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED

Assets

Cash $ 311,943 UNRESTRICTED REVENUE TEMPORARY RESTRICTED

Cash - endowment 1,967,976 Program income $ 3,841 REVENUE $0
14,100 Program income
Contributions 10,589 Corporate sponsorships 22,700
Corporate sponsorships 24,110
receivable, net 24,070 Membership dues 84,401 Membership dues 0

Prepaid expenses 2,826 Contributions 0 Contributions 1,011,736*
0
Total Assets $2,306,815 In-Kind donations 83,551 In-Kind donations 0
220,592
Liabilities and Net Assets Foundation and trust grants Foundation and trust grants 8,800

Liabilities Interest income Interest income 415
Net assets released
Accounts payable $ 11,281 Net assets released from restriction (83,551)
Accrued expenses 6,600 from restriction

Total Liabilities 17,881 Total Unrestricted Total Temporary Restricted
support and revenue
support and revenue 960,100

Net Assets UNRESTRICTED EXPENSES TEMP RESTRICTED EXPENSES
Program services 125,670 Program services 0
Unrestricted 53,858 Management & general 0
Management & general 85,398
Temporarily restricted 267,100 Fundraising 29,008 Fundraising 0

Temporarily restricted- Total expenses 240,076 Total expenses 0

endowment 1,967,976

Total Net Assets 2,288,934 ChannegteaisnsUetnsrestricted Change in Temp Restricted

Total Liabilities (19,484) net assets 960,100
and Net assets $2,306,815
Unrestricted net assets, Temp Restricted net assets,
beginning of year beginning of year 1,274,976
73,342 Temp Restricted net assets,
Unrestricted net assets, 53,858 end of year $2,235,076
end of year $

*$911,800 for President’s House Site Endowment

INHP News
Ranger Karpinski Goes to Germany for the State Department

The National Park Service recently sent Independence National Historical Park
Interpretive Ranger Sara Karpinski to Germany as part of a speaker series
sponsored by the United States Embassy. The goal of the project was to
share our national park’s ideas and successes in delivering programs to
diverse audiences.

Ranger Karpinski’s experiences at Independence, German fluency, and strong
academic credentials made her the perfect candidate for such an opportunity.

Ranger Sara Karpinski and her German During her multi-city tour, Ranger Karpinski spoke to managers, staff and
counterpart students at German historic and cultural sites. She covered topics relevant to
the duties of U.S. Park Rangers and shared details about the programs here at
32 Independence. Sara explained NPS' efforts to attract and engage more
diverse audiences to natural and cultural heritage sites. Among the highlights
of the trip for Sara were her encounters with young students and the chance to
visit a park in Germany where her great and great-great grandparents had

volunteered in 1914. Congratulations to Ranger Sara Karpinski.

New Program

Candy &

Holidays in

Philadelphia

Tuesday,
December 5, 2017

5:30 PM

Come learn about a
confectioner who during the
1800’s, lived and worked in

one of the park’s Market
Street houses and
then take a tour of

Shane Confectionery where
you will learn about

chocolate and candy in
Philadelphia as well as
candy traditions during

the holidays.

Space is limited.
Registration is required.

Visit

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National Historical Park

143 South Third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215-597-7919 (office)
215-597-0073 (fax)
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group in the National Park Service. Over
our long history we have purchased or
acquired over 1,000 artifacts for the
park’s permanent collections, raised
funds for large public spaces in the park
and provided educational tours and
programs to visitors and locals alike.

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