Bolling
Family Association Reunion
BOLLING FAMILY REUNION, RICHMOND 2009 -
UPDATE
The
2009 Reunion will be held October 8 (Thursday) to 10 (Saturday) at the
Richmond Marriott Downtown with a series of great events planned for our
Family members in Richmond. The
Marriott is centrally located in the downtown area where members can walk to
the State Capitol, The Virginia State Library and other locations.
The schedule will remain basically the same as recent Reunions.
Limited shuttle service will be available for restaurants, shopping,
and visiting the museums.
The BFA Board meeting will start at 12:00PM on Thursday, October 8 at
the Reunion hotel. It will be
followed by the Family Reception in the hotel starting at 5:30PM with light
refreshments and a cash bar.
Friday, October 9 will be the traditional Family Tour starting at 9AM.
Associate Director Randy Bell is making arrangements for an interesting
day. It will start with a walk to
the State Capitol for a tour, followed by a visit to the Virginia State
Library where we will be given insight into their treasures and searching for
family information. After a lunch
at the Library, we will be transported to the Virginia Historical Society for
a fascinating afternoon of Colonial and Virginia history.
In past years, we focused on Family sites and during our Family
meeting; we will discuss what our members will be interested in for our 2011
Reunion in Williamsburg. In 2007,
we spent the day visiting Jamestowne Island and Jamestown Settlement, both
wonderful sites to help us understand our Colonial ancestors. .
In 2005, we traveled to Goochland County and toured Orapax, Bolling
Hall and the Cemetery, and Bolling Island Farm in the morning.
After a chicken salad lunch at the Clover Forest Plantation, we drove
to Buckingham County and toured Chellowe, and drove by other Bolling Sites. In
2003, we toured Shirley Plantation, Weston Manor, Cobbs Cemetery, City Point
Museum, Kippax, Cedar Level, and Mitchells (Bull Hill, with lunch at Weston
Manor with the Hopewell Mayor and the President of Historic Hopewell.
In 2001, we toured Bolling related sites in Petersburg including
Blandford Cemetery and the Bolling Mausoleum and had a reception at the Centre
Hill Museum, a former Bolling home. In 1999, members visited Jamestowne and
Williamsburg.
We will again ask the Virginia State Library to have a special Bolling
Exhibit on display during the Reunion which will include items such as:
Will of Anna Bolling,
Petersburg City Court Records, Chancery Causes, 1848-14
Bolling Family Genealogical
Notes (bound volume), acc. 32662
Thomas Winston Bolling, WWI History
Commission Questionnaire (includes a photograph of Ensign Bolling,
commander of a submarine chaser during the war)
Dictionary of Virginia
Biography, vol. 2 (opened to biographical entries on several Bollings)
We will also ask The Virginia Historical Society Museum of Virginia
History to provide an exhibit related to our Family history.
For
those who may not wish to participate in the Library and Museum activities, we
will offer an option of an all day bus tour with a professional tour guide of
the Richmond area. However, we will need at least 25 people to make that
possible.
The
Bolling Family Association Business Meeting will be held on Saturday at the
hotel. The major business
activities will be the reports of the President, Secretary, and Treasurer and
the election of three Board members. The
President and Treasurer of The Bolling Foundation will also report on the
Bolling Foundation. Family members
will have an opportunity to speak and ask questions at this meeting.
The business meeting will be followed by the Family Genealogy Session,
chaired by Family Genealogy Coordinator Larry Bowling.
Larry will report on the DNA Testing Program and the Major Family
Groups Project. There will also be
updates on the Family Biographies Project, the Family Sites Project, the
Bolling Family Association Genealogical Library located at the Woodrow Wilson
Presidential Library and other topics.
If
enough members sign up, we will repeat our special Saturday afternoon shorter
Bus Tour of Richmond from 1PM to 4PM with a professional tour guide. The tour
would include the Bolling Haxall House, Shockoe Valley (the oldest part of
Richmond) including the Poe Museum and the Canal Walk, St. John’s Church,
Libby Hill, The State Capitol Square and the Bell Tower (built by a Bolling)St.
Paul’s Church, Court End, the White House of the Confederacy, the Valentine
Museum, John Marshall House, the Virginia Sate Library, the Virginia
Historical Society, Shockoe and Hollywood Cemeteries where Bollings are
buried, Monument Drive with the statues of Southern Generals, and a mid-tour
stop at the Virginia War Memorial where there are restroom facilities.
The Saturday night Family Banquet on will start at 7 PM with a cash bar
reception and dinner following at 7:30PM.
As always, we will honor several of our members and enjoy the good
fellowship of all our cousins. Since
this is a fun and social evening, we will not have a formal speaker.
Start planning now to attend our 2009 Reunion.
Reunion registration forms will be in the May newsletter and posted to
the web site soon. You must
contact the hotel directly for room reservations at 804-643-3400.
Room rates for singles or doubles is $109 plus $16.77 in local taxes.
Remember that our Family room nights help pay for the use of the
meeting and hospitality rooms and facilities for the Reunion.
There will be a $25 charge for members not staying at the hotel.
If you have any suggestions or special needs, please contact President
Woody Bentley.