DIA:BEACON
Located on the banks of the Hudson River in a former Nabisco box-printing factory, Dia:Beacon presents Dia ArtFoundation's collection of art from the 1960's to the present as well as special exhibitions, performances, and public programs.
Dan Flavin
Sol LeWitt
Michael Heizer (this is one of his "earthworks" projects
Dia invited artist Robert Irwin to conceive the master plan for a 21st century musuem building that retained the original character of the factory's interior spaces. Irwin also designed seasonall changing gardens throughout the grounds. Following the renovation, Dia:Beacon was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
THE VANDERBILT MANSION
"A Country Place in the Gilded Age"
The Gilded Age, the period following the Civil War to 1900 was a time of unparalleled growth in industry,technology, and immigration. Captains of industry - Cornelius Vanderbilt,Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockfeller, and the others amassed unimaginable wealth, while the average annual income in the US was around $380, well below the poverty line.
The Medici Coat of Arms over the fireplace.
The Medici Coat of Arms over the fireplace.Established milllionaires viewed Neuveau riche families like the Vanderbilts, who flaunted their wealth by building ostentatious homes, throwing extravagant balls, and using their money to buy social prominence, as gilded - all show, no substance.
Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt (1794-1877) rose from poverty to become a shipping and railroad tycoon. He turned a $100 loan into a multi-million dollar fortune, and left the bulk of his money to William , his eldest son. William expanded the railroad operations, doubling the Vanderbult fortune in 8 years, but his 8 children lived lives of excess,extravagance, and self-indulgence. They built 40 opulent mansions and country estates, and entertained lavishly, largely depleting the family money. Between them they had 5 children, who married and divorced 19 times. 
William's son Frederick bought Hyde Park to use as his spring and fall estate with his wife Louise. They added the latest innovations, and bought many of the mansion's contents from wealty European families who had fallen on hard times. Furinishing and construction costs total $2,250,000.
The couple had no children and left Hyde ParK to Louise's niece, Margaret Van Alen, who donated the estate at the suggestion of President Franklin Roosevelt, to the National Park Service. She opened the site to the public in 1940. The lavish furnishings all from Italian Renaissance mansions are unchanged from the time the Vanderbilts lived here.
THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
The CIA is the first and oldest culinary college in the US. Founded in 1946 by Frances Roth a prominent attorney and Katharine Angell, the wife of Yale President James Angell.
The early school was created to provide culinary career training for World War II veterans.
The CIA grew rapidly and moved in 1972 to it's Hyde Park, NY campus.
In 1971 the CIA introduced the first associate degree program in culinary arts, adding one in baking and pastry arts in 1990.
In 1993 the college launched the first-ever bachelor's degrees in culinary arts management and in baking and pastry arts management, and added a culinary science major in 2012, and applied food studies major in 2015. 
A sculpture made out of knives, forks and spoons. 
A sculpture made out of knives, forks and spoons. Today, the CIA enrolls more than 2,800 students from every U.S. state and 30 countries.
There are four restaurants on the CIA campus,
French, Italian,Bakery , and American with a focus on foods from the Hudson Valley. 
FDR was born in 1882 into a wealthy family. The Roosevelts had been prominent for several generations, having made their fortune in real estate and trade. Franklin was the only child of James and Sara. He grew up in a life of privilege and a sense of self- importance. 
He was educated by tutors untl 14. His upbringing was so unlike the common people who he would later champion. He graduated from Harvard in 3 years, and during his last year at Harvard, he met Eleanor, his 5th cousin and niece of Franklin's idol, "Teddy" Roosevelt. 
He started his political career in 1910 at age 28, ran for NY State senate, as a Democrat in a Republican led area for 32 years and won by a landslide. As a senator he passed farm and labor bills and social welfare programs. 
One of the wheel chairs that FDR used. 
This sculpture was done by a German sculptor . When FDR asked him why he did not complete the legs, the sculptor replied that during his life he will have no legs. 
FDR'S bedroom. 
Eleanor's bedroom.
The room that George VI and the "Queen Mother " of Elizabeth slept in when they stayed with the Roosevelts. 
One of the wheel chairs that FDR used. This sculpture was done by a German sculptor . When FDR asked him why he did not complete the legs, the sculptor replied that during his life he will have no legs. FDR'S bedroom. Eleanor's bedroom.The room that George VI and the "Queen Mother " of Elizabeth slept in when they stayed with the Roosevelts. In 1914 he had an affair with Lucy Mercer, Eleanor's social secretary. In 1918 Eleanor discovered it , and told him to stop or she would file for divorce. Sara, FDR's mother, would not agree on a divorce threatening disinheritance and the ruination of his political career. 
He contracted polio in 1921, and believed his political career to be over. Eleanor supported him, became his "legs" , and helped him improve his relationship with New York's DNC. He won the electon in 1932, when there were 13million unemployed, and hundreds of banks closed. 
Pieces of the Berlin Wall in the background, FDR on the left, and Churchill on the right. 
Pieces of the Berlin Wall in the background, FDR on the left, and Churchill on the right. In FDR'S first 100 days he proposed sweeping economic reforms, calling for a "New Deal" for Americans. He ordered the temporary closure on all banks to halt the run; he formed a "brain Trust" of economic advisors; he formed the CCC to employ young unmarried men to work refurbishing public
lands and national parks; the NRA - National Recovery Administration - which regulated wages and prices; organized agencies to insure bank deposits, regulate the stock market , subsidized mortgages , and provided relief to the unemployed - FDIC,Glass Steagall: FANNIE MAE, and unemployment insurance. 
By 1936, GDP was up 34% and unemployment dropped to 14% from 25%. 
IN 1940 , he ran for a 3rd term. In 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, he entered WWII. In 1944 the stress of war took its toll on FDR. In 1945 Roosevelt suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and died. 
His social programs during the Great Depression redefined the role of government in Americans' lives. His role during WWII established the US's leadership on the world stage. His 12 years in the White House set a precedent for the expansion of presidential power and redefined liberalism for generations to come. 
This was a man who truly cared about the people!!!
This was a man who truly cared about the people!!!ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in 1884 to Elliot and Anna , wealthy New Yorkers. Both of her parents died before she was 10. Left alone most of the time her entire life changed when she attended the Allenswood school in England. Marie Souvestre, the headmistress saw great potential in the timid but intellegent girl. She cultivated Eleanor's concern for the oppressed that eventually became her trademark. 
Eleanor married at age 20 and along with her husband came his doting mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt. Sara accompanied them everywhere. Franklin was elected to the NY Senate in 1910, and Ass't Sec'y of the Navy in 1913. Sara disapproved of his public life, and Eleanor began to acquire political associates of her own. 
In 1921 their lives were altered irrovocably. While vacationing at their summer home, Franklin contracted polio. Franklin 's political mentor Louis Howe prodded Eleanor to become vocal in the Democratic National Party. By the time Franklin was elected in 1932 Eleanor was an old hand at politics. The New Deal program for coping with the disastrous effects of the Great Depression offered opportunities for her. She acted as his agent and "legs" during this time. 
In 1924 the idea for Val-Kill emerged. Franklin knew how oppressive Sara was on his wife so he suggested that she and her friends build Val-Kill , a small fieldstone house by her favorite stream. 
After Franklin died in 1945, she turned the big house over to the National Parks, and she lived in Val-Kill. 
Eleanor Roosevelt championed social welfare and civil rights, wielding influence through FDR and on her own. She led the UN Human Rights Commission in the landmark universal Declaration of Human Rights. Her call for "equal justice , equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination" for all still resonates and inspires today. 
our buddy "Ranger Bob" showed us around for two days....he was really passionate about the Roosevelts
we stopped
at this little village to admire the church....Two tombstones side by side....
ANDERSON (my maiden name) and LEWIS (my married name)....very eerie....
TWO FRIENDS HAVING FUN, AND ENJOYING THE HUDSON RIVER AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL LEGACY...
our buddy "Ranger Bob" showed us around for two days....he was really passionate about the Rooseveltswe stoppedTWO FRIENDS HAVING FUN, AND ENJOYING THE HUDSON RIVER AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL LEGACY...
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