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Bolton was a president and chairman of board of the restored Kent Plantation House in Alexandria, the oldest known standing structure in Rapides Parish, completed in 1800.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6EYH_Kent_Plantation_House_Alexandria_LA|title=Kent Plantation House - Alexandria LA - Louisiana Historical Markers on Waymarking.com|accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref> Bolton was a member of the boards of the Alexandria Historical and Genealogical Library and the Anglo American Art Museum in Baton Rouge. She donated two sculptures, "Moses" and "John the Baptist," by Charles Umlauf to [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and the sculpture "Angels" by Lyn Emory to Emmanuel Baptist Church, her home congregation in downtown Alexandria.
Bolton was a president and chairman of board of the restored Kent Plantation House in Alexandria, the oldest known standing structure in Rapides Parish, completed in 1800.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM6EYH_Kent_Plantation_House_Alexandria_LA|title=Kent Plantation House - Alexandria LA - Louisiana Historical Markers on Waymarking.com|accessdate=January 11, 2021}}</ref> Bolton was a member of the boards of the Alexandria Historical and Genealogical Library and the Anglo American Art Museum in Baton Rouge. She donated two sculptures, "Moses" and "John the Baptist," by Charles Umlauf to [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] and the sculpture "Angels" by Lyn Emory to Emmanuel Baptist Church, her home congregation in downtown Alexandria.
In 1979, [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] appointed Mrs. Bolton as a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for a term expiring February 28, 1984.<ref> {{title=Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Appointment of Peggy Bolton as a Member|publisher=The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/advisory-council-historic-preservation-appointment-peggy-bolton-member|date=August 14, 1979|accessdate=October 1, 2023}}</ref>
In 1979, [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] appointed Mrs. Bolton as a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for a term expiring on February 28, 1984.<ref> {{cite web|title=Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Appointment of Peggy Bolton as a Member|publisher=The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/advisory-council-historic-preservation-appointment-peggy-bolton-member|date=August 14, 1979|accessdate=October 1, 2023}}</ref>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==