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who are tuning in online and they are tuning in from alabama, georgia, kentucky, california, texas and wisconsin in addition to our usual friends along the east coast from new england all the way down to virginia this evening. so this is fabulous to be a hybrid event this evening. i'd like to start by thanking our sponsors for this evening the haverford trust company haverford trust have been. with the museum dear friends and sponsors since before the museum opened so our five-year anniversary as an institution being open to the public is april 19th of this coming year and haverford ...

are welcoming over 100 people who are tuning in online. they are tuning in from alabama, georgia, kentucky, california, texas, and wisconsin in addition to our usual friends along the east coast from new england, all the way down to virginia this evening. this is fabulous to be a hybrid event this evening. i'd like to start by thanking our sponsors for this evening, the had their forward trust company. they have been dear friends and sponsors since before the museum opened so our five year anniversary as an institution being open to the public is able 19th of this coming year and the...

Watch American History tv every weekend on cspan 3. We are at the breakers in Newport Rhode island were cspan is learning more about the areas history. The breakers is the largest of the gilded age mansions in newport. Join us as we take a twirl of this home. The first thing you notice is hall, which we are standing in right now. It is a 50 x 50 box. 50 feet wide and 50 feet high. It is highly ornamented with carvings. The symbol of the vanderbilt amalie can be seen everywhere. Leaf whichnd the oak meant strength and longevity and you will find mthe acorn and through the all house, the theme o...

Man and everybody had hopes and one thing i was sure and thousands like me, that the degradation, the abuse, and the privation that we had in europe, we wouldnt have here. Man oh, god, yes, hoping for centuries. [closing music] does that relate to what we see with Football Players today . You could be featured during our next live program. Join the conversation on facebook, and on twitter. Next weekend, the cspan cities tour takes you to lynchburg, virginia. We will explore their literary scene on site. Book tv onweekend on cspan2 and sunday on American History tv. Working with our cable affil...

Great hall. 50 feet wide, 50 feet high. And it is highly ornamented with lots of carvings. The symbol of the vanderbilt family can be seen everywhere. The acorn and the oakley. Which meant strength and longevity. And you will find the acorn and the oakleaf all throughout the house. So that was the theme of the family. And there were all sorts and kinds of marble, a lot of ornamentation. This house is supposed to look like an italian palace. They wanted to make a statement that, indeed, they had succeeded, that they had met the pinnacle, and that they were able to do what they could with their ...