Structure houses an amazing collection. Our founder, in 1947, amassed an amazing collection that the Shelburne Museum houses amongst 39 buildings. Its a plethora of objects and collections within collections, from impressionist art to weathervanes to Cigar Store Indians and one of the largest objects she collected, which was the ticonderoga steamboat, which plied the waters of Lake Champlain from 19061953. It was built, as i said, in 1906, which you can look at as the cost or the changeover from the steam era the cusp from the steam era to the internal combustion engine. She was one of 29 steamers built on the lake and she was the last one. She basically operated on Lake Champlain as a day boat. The lake is over 125 miles long, but the ticonderoga ran from the vermont shoreline to the new york show line new york shoreline. Her homeport was burlington, vermont. The passages were about an hour or an hour and a half, but she had her regular scheduled that she kept two. She kept to. It was
Reading festival. Here is alonso an the personal life and political career of fdr. Thank you to the roosevelt reading festival for 2016. Some of you have been here and i want to welcome you for what should be a wonderful lecture. This is a program that franklin and elenor wanted to have, a discussion and for people to visit the location because to understand Franklin Roosevelt you have to come to high park. It influenced him in so many ways. The festival has been going on for years and an opportunity to bring authors from all over the country and create an opportunity for people to hear these stories and for the researchers who have come here and spent time in our library to come back and share their work with the public. Alonso hamby, one of the great experts on both truman and roosevelt. The distinguished professor at ohio university. Hes written a number of books beyond the new deal, the american libbal rism. Man of the people. Life of harry truman and for the survival of democracy.
Be i talked about the revolutionary war. He waited a few minutes and said, did we win it . I realized i had a lot of work to do with this kid. [inaudible conversations] hello and welcome to the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and museum and the roosevelt reading festival for 2016. I want to welcome those joining us now for what should be a wonderful lecture. This is exactly the sort of program that franklin expel nor roosevelt wanted to have happen here. They wanted this to be a center for the discussion of the roosevelt every rah and for people era and for people to visit this particular location because to understand Franklin Roosevelt, you really have to come here to hyde park. It influenced him in so many ways. The roosevelt reading festivals been going on for many years, and it really is an opportunity for us to bring in authors from all over the country and create an opportunity for people to hear these stories and for the researchers who have come here and spent time ma
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