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
50 feet wide, 50 feet high. It is highly ornamented with lots of carvings. The acorn and the oakley. Acorn and thethe oakley all throughout the house. Oakleaf all throughout the 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 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. He worked very closely with the vanderbilt family in creating this room, the great hall, and all of the other rooms we are going to see today. Com
And visiting cities across the country. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts visits museums. Archives and historic places. On every day of the year, except december 25th, thousands of tourists from the United States and around the world take a short boat ride from either Lower Manhattan or new jersey to visit the statue of liberty and ellis island. Up next, American History tv visited the National Historic landmark to learn the story behind the gift from france. Which was unveiled on october 28th, 1886. After 21 years of planning, fundraising and construction. Im ranger chris mullen from jacksonville, florida. Folks, i have a great job. Ive been working with the National Park Service Since 1999. Ive been all over the United States. I got my start in alaska. And klondike gold rush, National Historical park. Spent a few summers out there. I went to my home town of jacksonville, worked at a small little park on the banks of the st. Johns river. Fort Caroline National memoria
The week in parliament. Coming up mps return to westminster after their summer break and begin debating a bill transferring eu laws into uk legislation. The brexit secretary says its vital for an orderly brexit, but labour accuses the government of a power grab. Let me be clear, this bill does only what is necessary for a smooth exit and. The combined effect of the provisions of this bill would reduce mps to spectators, as power pours into the hands of ministers and the executive. Jeremy corbyn calls for an end to the pay cap for nurses the Prime Minister reckons hes being profligate. Poor pay means experienced staff are leaving and fewer people are training to be nurses. As a result of the decisions taken by labour, we have to spend more on debt interest than on nhs pay. And a labour peer tries again to end hereditary by elections in the lords. We had a by election last year where, ill say this slowly, as its unbelievable, there was an electorate of three and there were seven candidat