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 goes back even farther back than this. they ve particularly been excellent partners in sponsoring to read the revolution series, which is not just the live author talks like your experiencing tonight, but by weekly email that you can sign up for with curated excerpts from books about the american revolution we have now done hundreds of these. so if you go to the museum s website and rev museum.org
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 they go back even further than that. they have put in particular excellent partners in sponsoring the revolution series. it is a buy weekly email that you can sign up for with a curated excerpts from books about the american revolution. we have now done hundreds of these so if you go to the museum s website and sign up for read the revolution you will get a little brain food every other week. now, a
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 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 with they could with their resources and they wanted to create fine homes that were in the style of european mansions. It was built by
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 affiliates as we explore america. Historyweek, american tv visits museums, archives, and historic places. Up next, we travel to newport, look at the to breakers. This tour of the Historic National landmark is about 25 minutes. These rooms were so ornate because the family wanted to make an impression. The first thing you notice and the first thing you walk into is the great hall. 50 feet wide, 50 feet
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 resources and they wanted to create fine homes that were in the style of european mansions. It was built by Richard Morris hunt, the preeminent architect of the time. He was the First American to study at the ecole des beaux artes in paris, and he was the hottest architect of the period. To hire hunt meant that you would have a great showpiece to put on display. And he worked very closely with the