Roosevelt Standard | 1934-10-04 | Page 4 | Three Pillars in Lee's Home from Constitution

three pillars in lees leea home from constitution 61 leeland 11 the ancestral home of one branch of the famous lee family of virginia was built at shep herds town in 1820 by edmund jen lee a grandson of richard henry lee signer of the declaration of independence and a first cousin of robert E V lee the confederate chieftain at the time the mansion was built observes a writer in the kansas city times shep herds town was within the boundaries of old vir virginia enla aside from the many historic traditions that are associated with leeland this old mansion Is noted for the fact that the three pillars in front were the original masts of the famous old flagship the frigate Const constitution tu embalmed embalm ed in american memories as old ironsides the masts were obtained during the war of the revolution when the old ship was dismantled and rebuilt the old masts anere w ere selected for use in leeland house which was destroyed by fire a short time before the civil war old ironsides acquired other masts in other days one of the later ones la Is now cow the property of the topeka high school the gift of former vice president charles curtis