#vanderbuilt

A bit of December 24th history...

1651 - Jan van Riebeeck departs for cape of Good Hope to found 1st permanent European settlement

1814 - Treaty of Ghent signed, ending the War of 1812 between the US, the UK, and their allies

1818 - Carol “Silent Night” is 1st sung at St Nicholas parish church in Austria

1851 - Fire devastates US Library of Congress, destroys 35,000 volumes

1877 - Thomas Edison files patent for the phonograph

1895 - George Vanderbilt opens Biltmore Estate, largest privately owned house in America at 178,926 sq ft in North Carolina (pictured)

1906 - Music 1st broadcast over radio

• Vanderbuilt fancy dress costume.

Date: 1883

Sarah Fuller in a suit, I will not be taking questions at this time.