Historic marble mantle returns home to LU

Liberty University recently arranged for the return of a historical marble mantle to the Carter Glass Mansion on campus. Liberty’s main campus sits on the former estate of multi-term U.S. Senator Carter Glass, who, during his many years in Washington, acquired two marble mantles that were originally in ournation’s second Capitol — after the first Capitol was burned by the British in the War of 1812. Glass installed the mantles in his new home, which he called “Montview,” in 1923. But when Liberty acquired the...