• Life in the 1920s was defined by many cultural, political, and economic developments. • Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look. • The Harlem Renaissance brought popularity to art created by Black Americans.
A century ago, at the peak of the Roaring Twenties, a luxurious winter estate was built in the booming state of Florida for cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and finance tycoon Edward F. Hutton.
Around the same time, F. Scott Fitzgerald was publishing "The Great Gatsby," a novel that captured the glamour and excess of the era.
Flash forward to 2025, and President Donald Trump hosted a Gatsby-themed Halloween party at that same Florida estate: Mar-a-Lago.
The party, like many in the mansion's history, was filled with feathers, flapper dresses, a

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