Also General Robert E. Lee has scheduled an appearance. Plan on spending the entire day traveling back in time. At the Fair you can experience the life of a Civil War soldier in the military encampment area. Planned during the day are military drills, artillery demonstrations, and battlefield medicine displays. In addition there will be lectures and talks by scholars in the Aviary Rose Garden.
Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Over 1,000 people attended the First Fair and even more are expected this year. 1859 Francis J. Torrance was born in the third ward of Allegheny City. The Pirate's beat Chicago 8 to 6. 1909 Forbes Field opened to a crowd of 30,338, with actual seating capacity of 25,000. Exposition Park, seating only 10,000, on the North Side was abandoned as Pittsburgh's official baseball stadium.