In 1973, Marjorie Merriweather Post left Mar-a-Lago to the US government hoping it would become a ‘Winter White House’; 44 years later, her vision came true
The property was built in the 1920s by wealthy heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Library of congress photo) Mar-a-Lago has been at the centre of headlines in recent years because it’s US President Donald Trump’s Florida residence. But the Palm Beach property had already lived several lives before Trump became associated with it.The mansion was built…