History:
In 1975 a ceremony was held in downtown Lecompton on Elmore Street, celebrating
the dedication of Constitution Hall as a National Historic Landmark. Until then,
Lecompton's annual summer picnic, since before the turn of the Century, had been
known as the Harvest Home Picnic. But because of the national recognition of
Constitution Hall, Lecompton and Kansas Territory, the city fathers decided to
call the summer outing Territorial Days.