The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
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You must see the fair.--Author Hamlin Garland in a letter to his parents, 1893
You must see the fair.--Author Hamlin Garland in a letter to his parents, 1893
The World's Columbian Exposition, held in Chicago in 1893, was the last and the greatest of the nineteenth century's World's Fairs. Nominally a celebration of Columbus' voyages 400 years prior, the Exposition was in actuality a reflection and celebration of American culture and society--for fun, edification, and profit--and a blueprint for life in modern and postmodern America.
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The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition was a turning point in history because it changed the way people perceived cities, brought in new products, and led to America becoming the leading industrialist nation.