Historic preservation as well as the original designer for the course. Professor henry holds a ba from the university of william and mary. She holds a phd from the university of maryland at college park. Her Research Interests focus on the concept of place making and social justice issues in the display of historic preservation. In addition, professor henry is focusing on roadside architecture, which dovetails nicely with this class. Prof. Henry good morning everyone. It is great to see you. Thank you so much. So, this is what i think of when i think of a road trip. The open road. All semester, you all have been studying all kinds of themes of the freedom of the road, of who is allowed to travel when and where. Travel as a process, rather than a destination. The mythology of the car and car in American Society and roadside architecture in the 20 century. Today, i am going to tell you a story that ties those themes together. This morning, it is going to be about a quest to find a magica
Corner, near the treasury wenting, and they actually in to order dinner. The woman proprietor tried to send them off to another establishment, but that didnt work. They ordered some chicken and then continued down pennsylvania avenue and entered the white house, which they found unlocked. It of course had been abandoned in the previous hours. The servants at all left. Entering it in the dining room, they found the great feast Dolly Madison had ordered for the evening. Needless to say, they did not hesitate to health themselves to it. This is one of those remarkable stories that is actually quite true. Wined and dined at the white house, and they set the place of fire. Fire. They went through with gunpowder paste and rubbed that on the doorframes and around the windows. Chairsthered a number of and flammable material and created little bonfires. They set drapes a fire. Pretty soon the entire building was up in flames. Some of the british soldiers actually felt a sense of regret about it