Historic Mansions Reveal Stories Across US, UK

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The History Museum in South Bend is hosting its “Mystery at the Mansion” event, where visitors search for the missing Bill of Rights as part of an America 250-themed mystery. In Virginia, the roofless Barboursville Ruins preserve the remains of a mansion designed by Thomas Jefferson and destroyed by fire in 1884; the historic site is free to visit. Indianapolis’s Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site offers a look at the Italianate Victorian home where the 23rd president raised his family and returned after leaving the White House. In London, Trent Park House has reopened after a lengthy restoration, presenting both its history as Sir Philip Sassoon’s glamorous country home and its role in a sophisticated Second World War intelligence operation.

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