Good evening ladies and gentlemen,. I serve as the president here that we are delighted to welcome you to the very energizing conversation real robber think full to the memorial or the museum. Welcome were glad youre here again were glad you took time to come back and spend time in the park the museum was designated by congress as a museum for world war war memorial that was only given that on your december last year 2014. So we are delighted to be the United States National Museum and memorial it carries with it all the prestige that congress has taken action to pass something. [laughter] so that his reason jews celebrate of the distinguishing action of 2014 of the bipartisan bill. Pleased to welcome the English Speaking union to be grateful for the support of this project i am especially pleased flow of the cosponsors of the 60kilometer bike ride on sunday where we were having a drink one of the students asked if i spoke british in australia. [laughter] the world was forever changed
In a letter to his brother, Winslow Homer said of his surroundings, there is certainly some strange power that has an overlook on me, directing my life. That i am in the right place, there is no doubt. I have found Something Interesting to work at and time to do it. For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting thelace where homer lived and worked is john wilmerding, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of art. Homers studio was a remodeled stable set about 200 yards from a large summerhouse thatis older brother bought in 1883. Although homer was close to his family, he enjoyed the solitude his studio provided, but most of all, it was the ocean outside which reall made this place so important to him. The love of nature was very much a part of homers time. His family joined the growing number of americans in the late 19th century who could affor
For almost three decades, Winslow Homer made his home on prouts neck, a rocky point just south of portland, maine. His house still stands on the high ground overlooking the sea. Visiting the place where homer lived and worked is john wilmerding, Deputy Director of the National Gallery of art. Homers studio was a remodeled stable set about 200 yards from a large summerhouse that his older brother bought in 1883. Although homer was close to his family, he enjoyed the solitude his studio provided, but most of all, it was the ocean outside which reall made this place so important to him. The love of nature was very much a part of homers time. His family joined the growing number of americans in the late 19th century who could afford to escape the city heat and spend summers at the shore. Homers relatives on both sides had been engaged in shipping and trading for generations. His father, Charles Savage homer, carried on an import business. His mother, Henrietta Benson homer, was a watercolo
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