It was a great day at Pearl S. Buck International this past Saturday with a reunion of four of Pearl Buck’s children on what would have been Pearl S. Buck's 118th birthday. Henriette Walsh-Wilson visited from San Francisco for the first time in 20 years with her husband, Sandy, and their son, Jonathan. Henriette was greeted by her brothers Richard and John and sister Janice. It was an incredible day. I actually felt emotional seeing them all together. Henriette had great memories that we had not heard before, typical of a daughter, in terms of patterns of silver, stemware, and locations of paintings etc. John and Richard saw their re-created bedrooms for the first time since our renovation was completed this past April. Our curator, Donna Rhodes, was writing the entire time we toured the house to capture their remarks. Henriette’s husband, Sandy, is part of the Alexander String Quartet, (http://www.asq4.com/), and he said he would love to perform here sometime in the future. What a wonderful day for the family to come together and walk through their childhood home. It is a day I will always remember.
Janet L. Mintzer
President & CEO
http://www.pearlsbuck.org/
jmintzer@pearlsbuck.org
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