The macron is represented as a short horizontal line placed directly over the vowel that should be pronounced with a long sound. For example, in a dictionary the word ate would be displayed with a macron above the a and the word evil would be displayed with a macron above the e.
Bon AppÃ©tit: Food & Dining in Gilded Age Mansions. Featuring 19th century dining tastes and trends, in addition to behind-the-scenes activities of domestic servants in a Gilded Age mansion.
America's Gilded Age. In the span of a single lifetime, from the end of the Civil War to the Crash of the Stock Market in 1929, American culture as we know it sprang into being. Dubbed The Gilded Age by Mark Twain in 1873, it was a time of unparalleled growth in technology.