Each family could come on and decorate the way they wanted. They needed to raise funds. There were no Government Funds for this. She came up with the idea of the guidebook. It was successful to raise funds for this redecoration. She solicited all over the nation for people to donate historical furniture and artistic items. Then she worked to make sure there was a law that cap. That those items became a permanent part of the white house collection. She succeeded in getting a new position created, the white house curator. She was a proponent of the arts. She use the white house to showcase the arts. She posted performances she hosted performances of ballet and modern jazz performed by american performers. She was very instrumental in the creation of what was the National Cultural center, the Kennedy Center for the performing arts. The whole country watched and mourned after the assassination. She impressed the nation with the way she held up after that assassination. President johnson sa
Welcome to lexington, kentucky on American History tv. Located in the heart of the states bluegrass region, it is known as the Horse Capital of the world. With the help of our Time Warner Cable partners, over the next 90 minutes, we will look at famous kentuckians with ties to lexington, including the family of first lady, Mary Todd Lincoln. This has got to be one of the most evocative plots of all i can think of in america. The family of the first lady of the United States, and yet all these memorials here are to her half siblings who were either confederate soldiers or married to confederate soldiers. Later, we will learn about the history and economic history of thoroughbred his thoroughbred racing in the region. It fits into being the thoroughbred racing capital of the world in a number of ways. We are not only a great race course with pastoral settings and a wonderful spot in the middle of the country, but we are the Worlds Largest urban marketplace from a Sales Marketing standpoi
Home to kentucky senator john pope, the pope villas one of only three remaining domestic designs by architect benjamin o latrobe. His more notable designs include the white house in u. S. Capitol. We recently visited many thanks showcasing the citys history. Learn more about lexington all weekend here on American History tv. We are at ashland, the henry clay estate, in lexington, kentucky. The mansion at ashland is a unique situation. Clays original home had to be torn down and rebuilt. It fell into disrepair and could not be fixed, so he rebuilt on the original foundation. What we have is a home that is essentially a fivepart federal style home as henry clay had it with italian details architectural elements, and an added layer of aesthetic details added by henry clays granddaughter and greatgranddaughter. It is very much a layer cake, or as i like to refer to it, and onion. You can fuel the layers back until you get to henry clay. Henry clay was one of the seminal figures of the 19th
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