Much of mr. Berrys last work took place here. Richard stamm is the author of the castle. We met our tour guide in the crypt. This is about 40 minutes. I am steve berry. I am here with. Richard stamm richard stamm. Has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. A really interesting plays that is where it all started, the smithsonian was stored in by admin started by a man named james smithson. He was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. Had 500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. His nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, but he died childless. The provision said the money would go to washington, d. C. To found at the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. That is what the language says. Here is the meet part. Neat part. He had never set foot in america. Why did he leave a half Million Dollars to place he never set a foot in . To this day, nobody knows. The gas is he was somewhat bitter. The guest
Tour of castle spaces not open to the public with steve berry and curator Richard Stamm. Much of mr. Berrys latest work took place here. Richard stamm is the author of the castle. The illustrated history of the building. We met our tour guide in the crypt. This is about 40 minutes. I am steve berry. I am here with Richard Stamm Richard Stamm. Steve berry he has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. This is a really interesting place where it all started. The smithsonian was started by a man named james smithson. He was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. But he died and he had 500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. If his nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, he would have kept the money. But he died childless. The provision said the money would go to washington, d. C. To found at the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. That is what the language says. Here is the really neat part. The
Steve berry he has a cool job, he looks after this stuff in the building. It is really neat. A really interesting place, kind of where it started. The smithsonian was started by a man named james smithson. He was an innocuous british chemist. He was just a guy who had an interest in science at the time. He died at he had 500,000 when he died and he left it to his nephew. His nephew had been married and had kids, life would be great, he would have cap the money, but he died childless. The provision said the money would go to washington, d. C. To found the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. That is what the language says. Here is the neat part. He had never set foot in america. Why did he leave a half Million Dollars to place he never set a foot in . To this day, nobody knows. The guess is he was somewhat bitter. , soas an illegitimate son for the 30 years of his life, he first was known as james lewis macey. Because he was illegitimate, he was never all
Name is dave jackson. I have a great privilege of serving as superintendent at oak hill cemetery. I am in my fifth year. My predecessor was there for 28. I do not think i will be there that long, but i will be, but not as superintendent. Thats another story. [laughter] mr. Jackson i wanted to talk about oak hill and its history and how it came to pass. I want to invite you to visit oak hill. The best way to experience oak hill is to come and visit. Our price is right, unless you make longer arrangements. It is really quite a place to see. Hope the late today, you will learn a little bit more about it and why it is there. And you will see even more on the fifth of november when we tour around the place of it. So, as mentioned, this is a 30thre of the main gate at and r street. Before i talk about that to my want to explain a bit about the Garden Movement of the cemetery and how it began. Late 1820s or certainly 1830s, there was a group in boston, cambridge started the first of the cemet
, 1, 2, is that better . My name is dave jackson. I have a great privilege of serving as superintendent at oak hill cemetery. I am in my fifth year. My predecessor was there for 28. I do not think i will be there that long, but i will be, but not as superintendent. Thats another story. [laughter] mr. Jackson i wanted to talk about oak hill and its history and how it came to pass. I want to invite you to visit oak hill. The best way to experience oak hill is to come and visit. Our price is right, unless you make longer arrangements. It is really quite a place to see. Hope the late today, you will learn a little bit more about it and why it is there. And you will see even more on the fifth of november when we tour around the place of it. So, as mentioned, this is a picture of the main gate at 30th and r street. Before i talk about that to my want to explain a bit about the Garden Movement of the cemetery and how it began. In about 1820, late 1820s or certainly 1830s, there was a group in