It is essential that buildings like this contain information on the history of the island. The architecture here is telling days fortimes, earlier the island was booming. It was one of the richest cities in the United States. Announcer the San Carlos Institute was founded in key west fred key west. Located in the historic heart of key west, today it serves as a museum, library, art gallery, theater, and school. Coming up, the conversation with the president of the San Carlos Institute. Clicks for the cuban people, this is the most sacred place outside of cuba. This is a historical landmark of such proportions. I like to say that eternal cuba lives here. Only 90 miles away. It is a symbol of freedom and a monument to the cuban people. It is a monument to their perseverance in the pursuit of freedom. Building was defined cubasof cuba upon most famous architects. They say that architecture is a tool of history. He combined the beauty of architecture with the powerful message of history. I
Mint marks where it was made, a serial number telling us when it was made. We have carat marks dates, assayers marks and then this all corresponds to a written manifest. So we know who exactly these marks correspond to. And we know who was shipping it. Why. And who was to pick it up. And its, again this tremendous history about the economics of the time. The artifacts that we have from the galleons of the atocha and margarita, we have a little bit of everything that was on these ships from amazing treasures that we know were on there but also the dishes the medical gear, the weaponry the tools. All these other things that took, that were required to keep a Little Community functioning out in the ocean. They are all here. When people come here and see our exhibits on the galleons they see things from the early colonial period that they wouldnt see anywhere else. So many thing have survived on these ships that you dont find elsewhere and you get this really vivid look at how people lived
Money in cuba. I think the San Carlos Institute can play a pivotal role in bringing the cuban people together. And thats why i have dedicated 30 years of my life to this cause. Not to restore, bring back to life a building or to establish a multipurpose facility that serves as a museum, as a library, as an educational center, as a theater, as a Community Center that san carlos has become a Cultural Center for key west but the real purpose for this effort has been for san carlos to serve as a place that helps put into action the principles and the allies for which it was founded in 1871. Those allies of human rights and Human Dignity for the human people. Yeah. Welcome to fort Zachary Taylor historic state park. Its a fort that goes back to 1845. Thats when they started building it. It continued to be constructed until 1866. A lot of this fort actually was response to what happened in the war of 1812. The british canon were able to pretty successfully ravage many of the american forts w
Mint marks where it was made, a serial number telling us when it was made. We have carat marks dates, assayers marks and then this all corresponds to a written manifest. So we know who exactly these marks correspond to. And we know who was shipping it. Why. And who was to pick it up. And its, again this tremendous history about the economics of the time. The artifacts that we have from the galleons of the atocha and margarita, we have a little bit of everything that was on these ships from amazing treasures that we know were on there but also the dishes the medical gear, the weaponry the tools. All these other things that took, that were required to keep a Little Community functioning out in the ocean. They are all here. When people come here and see our exhibits on the galleons they see things from the early colonial period that they wouldnt see anywhere else. So many thing have survived on these ships that you dont find elsewhere and you get this really vivid look at how people lived
Money in cuba. I think the San Carlos Institute can play a pivotal role in bringing the cuban people together. And thats why i have dedicated 30 years of my life to this cause. Not to restore, bring back to life a building or to establish a multipurpose facility that serves as a museum, as a library, as an educational center, as a theater, as a Community Center that san carlos has become a Cultural Center for key west but the real purpose for this effort has been for san carlos to serve as a place that helps put into action the principles and the allies for which it was founded in 1871. Those allies of human rights and Human Dignity for the human people. Yeah. Welcome to fort Zachary Taylor historic state park. Its a fort that goes back to 1845. Thats when they started building it. It continued to be constructed until 1866. A lot of this fort actually was response to what happened in the war of 1812. The british canon were able to pretty successfully ravage many of the american forts w