Decorations at TR Inaugural Site in Buffalo use ‘bells’ & ‘belles’

Members of Buffalo-area garden clubs had to be creative when planning holiday decorations for the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site, 641 Delaware Ave., between North and Allen Streets, Buffalo. The theme this year incorporated “bells” and “belles.” To make things even more interesting, the theme colors were silver, burgundy and pink. Yes, pink. Pink showed up quite a lot in Christmas decorations around the turn of the last century, explained Lenora M. Henson, curator at the national historical site where Theodore…