An incredible discovery back in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. All is like around of applause for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event, meaning that at the conclusion of the program encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you. For an evening of Civil War History the donation bin is at the bottom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor. If you would drop something in their, all those proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. The museum is member supported as well. If youre interested in learning more about becoming a supporter of the museum, let myself or other Staff Members know. We would be happy to assist you. Tonight program, we are very excited about. We are going to explore how the civil war shaped the celebration of christmas in the United States. Tonights presenter is brad stone, a longtime docent at the ion
I always like to ask this question. How many of you have been here before . Show of hands . All right. Everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shoutout when i see mr. Richard lions in the audience. The reason we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discover in the 90s that saved the building from being torn down. Always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event. Meaning that at the conclusion of the program we encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you. And for an evening of Civil War History the donation bin is at the bom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor. As you head out this evening if you would just drop something in there, all proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. The museum is member supported as well. If you are interested in learni
Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the New York Historical society. Im louis mirrer, the im thrilled to see you this evening in our beautiful robert h. Smith odd terrorism tonight. s prom give me liberty a history of americas exceptional used i part of the distinguished Speaker Series and as always id like to thank mr. Swartz for his great generosity which has enabled to us bring so many fine speakers to the stage. I also want to thank all of your Chairmans Council members in attendance this evening and to thank you for your great support i tonights program will last an hour and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received a note card and pencil as you entered the auditorium this afternoon, this evening, and if not, my colleagues will go up and down the aisles with note cards and pencils. The note cards will be clerked later on in the program with you questions. Following the program there will be a book signing in the ny history store and copies of the b
Partnership between the General Services administration and the National Museum of civil war medicine. Thisays like to ask question how many of you have been here before . All right, everybody. Great. Welcome back to the museum. Always like to make a shout out when we see mr. Richard lyons in the audience. The reason we are here in this space is because mr. Lyons made an incredible discovery in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. Always like a round of applause for mr. Lyons his discovery. [applause] Evenings Program is a pay what you please event, meaning at the conclusion of the program, we encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you and an evening of civil war history. The donation bin is at the front of the Visitors Center on the first floor. As you head out this evening, if you would just drop something in there. All of the proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. Interes
Indianapolis became the capital in 1825. We had a couple of other cities in indiana that served as capitals. Vincennes, indiana on the wabash river, it was the capital of the indiana territory, and then we moved the territorial capital to a city called cordon, and it on the ohio river and it became the capital when indiana gained statehood in 1860. After a few years, it became obvious we needed a new capital city in the middle, so we built one. We built the city of indianapolis here on the white river, and we have had two statehouses here. They had a contest, actually, when they were building this particular building. They were replacing a building that had not been well built, and they had torn that building down. They had a number of architects submit the drawings. This particular blueprint by an architect called edwin may won the contest. This building is primarily made was under construction for 10 years, 1878 through 1888. This building is primarily made of Indiana Limestone, and