• Louise Boyd's 131st Birthday Party at Historic Elks Lodge/Boyd Mansion!

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    Name: Louise Boyd's 131st Birthday Party at Historic Elks Lodge/Boyd Mansion!
    Date: September 23, 2018
    Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM PDT
    Website: https://www.elks1108.org/event/louise-boyds-birthday
    Portrait of Louise A. Boyd, Arctic Explorer and former owner of the San Rafael Elks Lodge
    Event Description:
    Join us for a Birthday Party celebration in honor of Louise A. Boyd's 131st birthday at the historic Boyd Mansion, now the San Rafael Elks Lodge.  Elks and the Marin History Museum are celebrating together!
    4:00 pm -The party starts on beautiful Magnolia Terrace, with live music by Costal Wreckage, Birthday Cake, high tea and cash bar, featuring Louise Boyd's specialty cocktail "Veslakari", along with other choices.
    6:00 pm - Mansion and grounds tour led by historian and docent Marcie Miller.
    Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972) was an American explorer of the Arctic Ocean region (1920's-40's), and the first woman to fly over the North Pole.  She was born into a wealthy San Rafael family and inherited their fortune and home in 1920, spending the next few years traveling in Europe before beginning her Arctic expeditions.
    Location:
    San Rafael Elks Lodge 1108 (former Boyd Mansion)
    1312 Mission Ave. (top of C Street)
    Outdoors on Magnolia Terrace
    San Rafael, CA 94901
    Date/Time Information:
    Sunday September 23rd
    Party 4:00pm - 6:00pm
    Walking tour of Mansion and grounds at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
     
    Contact Information:
    San Rafael Elks Lodge 1108: (415) 453-1108 and Marcie Miller, Marin History Museum:(415) 446-8869, Email: marcie@marinhistory.org
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    Fees/Admission:
    $10/adults (kids are free)
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