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Chautauqua Experience

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"Why do people come to the Chautauqua Institution?

Many of the visitors who return to Chautauqua year after year describe it as an experience rather than a vacation -- a place for renewal. The Chautauqua Institution was founded on the belief that everyone “has a right to be all that he can be -- to know all that he can know.” The experiences come in many forms. A dramatic lakeside setting and the beauty of its National Historic Landmark architecture (it was designated a National Historic Landmark June 30, 1989) make the Chautauqua Institution a thriving community where visitors come to find intellectual and spiritual growth and renewal."

The Chautauqua Institution was founded in 1874 by Lewis Miller, an Akron, OH, inventor and manufacturer; and John Heyl Vincent, a Methodist minister (later bishop).

The Chautauqua Institution is a National Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was designated a National Historic Landmark June 30, 1989.

Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his "I Hate War" speech from the Amphitheater platform in 1936.

Ronald Reagan addressed the Third General Chautauqua Conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations via satellite in 1987.

Carlos Roberto Reina, president of Honduras, was the first foreign sitting head of state to visit Chautauqua. He spoke during the Second Chautauqua Conference on Central America in 1995.

Thomas Edison was the son-in-law of Chautauqua cofounder Lewis Miller.

George Gershwin composed his Concerto in F in a Chautauqua practice shack in 1925.

The Athenaeum Hotel was one of the first hotels to have electric lights.

Kellogg Hall (built 1889) was moved from Bestor Plaza to its present site in 1905."

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