The Cairo bulletin., 1907-01-12
EXPOSITION TO Be
HISTORICAL tVENT
EVOLUTION OF SETTLEMENT S
INTO A NATION WILL BE
SHOWN A JAMESTOWN.
GRAND NAVAL PACEhT
In Hampton Roads to be One Of the
Big Features--lndustria De-
velopment Will Also be
Fully Illustrated.

Norfolk, Va, Jan, 11-Thc athletic
/ games Of Greese, the gladatorial con
tests of Rome the poCs,s and tourna
ments of the day of chiyalry, have log
ically been succeeded in our times of
commercial endeayor by county and
state fairs and on still larges scale
by great eXposit,Ons. Bodily strength
and skill of the ancient days has Civ
en- way TO mental strength and skill
of the modern period, The only way
man can guage his relative meIdt is
! by comparison, hence competitions
have always been popular.
| The first worlds fair was held in
London during the middle of the last
century. 1t served as a vehicle for
the exploitation of the worlds pro,
ducts just as county fairs had al
forded local, mechanical and indus.
trial seniusea an opportunity to enter
th1tr products in competition. This
first venture was very successful and
other competition. This first venture
was very successful and other ma
tions followed in the lead of England,
holding universal eXpositions. Orig.
inally thee expositions had no raj
son d'etre' other than a display Of
industry. In 1878 Americans inaugur-
ated an expos. ion to commemorate
the centennial OF the Declaration of
Independence and since then all of
our principal eXpositions have pur,
portes to memorialize some important
event in the history Of our nation or
our &C inent
These eXpositions have not been
historical, except so far as their title
was hiatoMc, There has been a little
of history and of art aud of educa,
tiOn in each of them but these have
been minor themes, overshadowed by
the great motive-industria display
To a certain extent heOple have tired
of mechanical exhibits, therefore
when 1t was proposed to celebrate
the three hundredth anniversary Of
the jamestown settlement, the com
memOrati0n was planned radically diff
ferent from proceeding centennial
celebrations. 1t was determined to H.
lustrate the history of what is now
the United States from its beginning
at Jamestown 10 show best how the
first settlements developed into the
lcolc1ies and The colonies into the
states.
The state of Virginia invited her
sister commonwealths to celebrate
thia birthday with her and each was
asked to establish at he Exposition
an historical museum, which woull
show the part played by the exhibit.
ing commonwealth in the formation
and development of the country.
Recognizing the desire of the
jamestown celebrants to depart from
precedent aid hold really historical
'fete' congress decided not merely
to help the Virginians to celebrate
their birthday bus inaugurated on
the part of the whole United States |
a great international naval and mill.
tary display. inviting all the nations
Of the world TO send their ships and !
soldiers to Virginia in 1907
Just on The borders of Hampton /
Roads, hat splendid harbor in which |
The Merrimac and Monitor fought
their duel during the Civil War. a /
magic city has arisen-an apotheosis
OF colonial architecture. Large or
small. ornate or plain every building
harks back to the seventeenth cen
iury. The sh,agled cottages aud the /
brick palacee adorned with Corinth-
ian colonnades, are of even periods.
The former being replicas cf colonists
homes, the latter idealized and mag.
nified colonial capitols
The participating states have adopt
ed the same policy as the Exposition /
Their buildings are also colonial and
some of them very imposing. They
line the water front Of the grounds
fer nearly a mile and present a de-
Iigh'ful picture to the visitor from
The sea. Architeeturally. the govern
ment buildings are similarly modelled
Industrial development has not
been ignored. Rightly 10 appreciate
he history Of a country one must
study its commerce. mechanical arts
and industries, transportstic1, agri
culture. etc. viii have exemplifying
displays bUt the chief feature Of the
exposition proper will he its histori !
cal rhowing and the most picturesque
and attractive devisions viii be the
naval rendezvous and mill /
.arv encampment
From all parts Of the world great
ships will come and anchor in Hamp-
ton Roads. This harhor. which con f,
.ains one hundred and sixty square
niles Of pre- ected water wav. gives
anchorage for the fleets Of civilization 1
Every country in the world. which pos /
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