{"id":609,"date":"2021-06-05T18:46:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T18:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/famous-tragedies-at-sea-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T17:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:03:31","slug":"mar-a-lago-from-cereal-heiress-to-winter-white-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/mar-a-lago-from-cereal-heiress-to-winter-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar-a-Lago &#8211; From Cereal Heiress to Winter White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-609\" data-postid=\"609\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-609 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-css_id=\"3ky7396\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_3ky7396 tb_first tf_w\">\n            <span  class=\"builder_row_cover tf_abs\" data-lazy=\"1\"><\/span>            <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_sodf409 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xuhl411   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">MAR-A-LAGO<br \/>From Cereal Heiress to Winter White House<\/h1>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_hmuq396 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_n3jp418 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2hbg427   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2965 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maralago-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maralago-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maralago-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maralago-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maralago-1536x913.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Maralago.jpg 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In the history of great mansions, few names have become as spoken about and covered by the media as much as Mar-a-Lago; the winter home of President Donald Trump.<\/strong><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>In his inimitable way, Richard Ren\u00e9 Silvin will take the audience back in time, to explore this magnificent house as he describes the mansion\u2019s construction, which began in 1924. The fortune that paid for the construction of Mar-a-Lago came from the Post Cereal empire, founded by C.W. Post in 1895. His only daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post, inherited her father\u2019s company and turned it into one of America\u2019s greatest fortunes. Mrs. Post wanted to create a home that would be a unique fantasyland. To accomplish this, she hired Austrian-born architect, illustrator and famed stage set designer, Joseph Urban. In the words of the late Dina Merrill, Marjorie\u2019s only daughter from her marriage to financier E.F. Hutton, \u201ctogether they created a theatrical set.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The presentation includes a virtual tour through the mansion, and a description of the Post family history, which imprinted in Marjorie a thrust for art, lavish living, and enormous charitable contributions. Using numerous classic pictures and videos, Silvin will bring to life the extravagant entertainment style Mrs. Post enjoyed at her favorite home for 45 years, until her death in 1973 at the age of 86<\/strong><\/h4><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-90 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_24161-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_24161-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_24161-1024x544.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_24161-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_24161-1536x817.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rrsilvin.com\/2.0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_24161-2048x1089.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/p><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Mar-a-Lago then entered a 12-year hiatus, during which it narrowly averted the wrecking ball on numerous occasions, because Mrs. Post\u2019s foundation insured a unique safety for the mansion and its contents.<\/strong><\/h4><h4 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The compound has been meticulously preserved, and each necessary alteration has been reviewed and approved by the Palm Beach Landmarks Commission.<\/strong><\/h4><h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">This is a historical lecture, not a political discussion.<\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAR-A-LAGO From Cereal Heiress to Winter White House In the history of great mansions, few names have become as spoken about and covered by the media as much as Mar-a-Lago; the winter home of President Donald Trump. 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