And general manager hans bruland and matt wuerker about the artwork on display. The hotel was built in 1928 on the site of the residences of john hay and henry adams. And after the family relinquished their rights to the site, in 1926, the developer built this hotel along with the Cardinal Hotel and the st. Regis. The hotel has been in existence since 1928. This bar has been in existence somewhere starting in the 60s or 70s. With my arrival in 1999, this bar was known as off the record, a place to be seen but not heard. And it was not in this color and format and layout, but it was pretty much the same bar in the basement of the hotel, and its kind of like the speak easy place and it has become very popular over the years. The decorations are political cartoons that are displayed from various artists dating back to a collection of atwood. We keep some of the original artwork still in house. From what i know, is that the previous ownership in the 80s and 90s decided to bring in some art
Representing Jefferson County will be on television. [ applause ] my job tonight is to introduce the two people on the podium who will be conducting this conversation. Jane henderson is the book editor at the st. Louis post dispatch. She grew up in st. Louis and graduated from the university of missouri columbia with degrees in journalism and english literature. She cut short her grad student work to go to work as a copy editor for the st. Louis globe democrat in the mid1980s. After three years in the newsroom in connecticut, she returned to st. Louis and has been an editor and writer with the post dispatch features department for 30 years. She assigns and edits book reviews choosing from 300 or so new books each week. Shes written stories about book trends and interviewed many authors. Tonight she adds to that and she will be having a conversation with Caroline Fraser. Caroline fraser is the editor of the library of america edition of Laura Ingalls wilder, the little house books and t
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
Featured in the journal of the White House Historical association. Even the coasters are updated with current political caricatures. We spoke with the Vice President and political cartoonist about the artwork on display. The hotel was built in 1928 on the site of the residences of john hay and henry adams. And after the family relinquished their rights to the site, in 1926, the developer built this hotel along with the cardinal hotel. The hotel has been in existence since 1928. This bar has been in existence somewhere starting in the 60s or 70s. With my arrival in 1999, this bar was known as off the record, a place to be seen but not heard. And it was not in this color and format and layout, but it was pretty much the same bar in the basement of the hotel, and its kind of like the speak easy place and it has become very popular over the years. The decorations are political cartoons that are displayed from various artists dating back to a collection of atwood. We keep some of the origin