The Hartford republican., 1907-04-05
A REPLICA OF In
DEPENDENCE HALL
Will be Seen at Jamestown
Exposition.
Other Colonial Structures Fur
nished by The State Will
Exemplify History.


tion grounds in a small boat, you
would step ashore from Smith har-
Dor at Discovery landing and find
yourself standing in Raleigh square,
looking down a broad vista of low
symmetrical Colonial buildings to-
ward the auditorium. To the right
and to the left, stretching along the
shore of Chesapeake bay, are the
State atebuildings-Pennsylvania's, re-
plica of Independence hall; Massa-
chusettss, a counterpart of the orig
inal State house in Boston, where the
constitution of the United States was
adopted; Ohio's, an exact reproduc-
tion of the first store house built
west of the Alleghanies; Georgia's, a
reproduction of Bullock hall, where
President Roosevelt's mother was
born; and at the far end of the line
in a thick grove of tall pines, Ken
tucky's State exhibit-Daniel Boone's
fort and stockade. Such of the State
buildings are in many instances mod
els of the homes of well known citi-
zens. Connecticut, for instance, re-
produces the house of Benjamin Tall
mage; Maryland, that of Charles
Carroll, "A signer of the Declaration OF
independence, while Virginia, Louis
lana, Missouri, and other common
wealths have built Colonial mansions
of charming and dignified architect
ural effect.
Beyond that portion of the main
esplanade which has been named
Raleigh square are fountains, la
goons, trees, shrubbery, and various
pleasant effects of landscape garden
ing, on opposite sides of which stand
machinery hall and the palace of
manufactures and arts. Farther on,
at the base of the great court, rises
the auditorium building-with its
imposing white colonade and low flat
dome-flanked on either side of the
historical arts and education build
ings. Here are the administration
offices. and here will also be held the
various conventions and meetings of
every known kind of organization.
Some of the interesting and impos-
ing bodies which have already ar
ranged dates are: The International
Association of Chief of Police, the
association, the American Peanut con-
gress, the National Congress of Moth
ers, the Association of Seaboard Air
Line Surgeons, etc.
The features which the exposition
people like most to talk about are the
naval and military displays, which
are to continue practically all sum-
mer. Chesapeake bay is to be full OF
warships, and vast areas, both with
in and without the exposition grounds
have been set aside for military en-
campments. All sorts of soldiers are
to be on view, from real soldiers
down to tin soldiers. The war de-
partment will probably have a mixed
brigade in camp all summer; the
West Point cadets are to visit the eX-
position in June, the Annapolis cadets
later. A parade ground of thirty
acres, probably the largest anywhere
will be the theater of evolution for
all these warriors, and in between
times the Knigts of This, That and
the Other will have a chance to shake
out their feathers and do prize drills.
The Naval display will be in Hamp-
ton Rhoads, and it is supposed that
more ships of all kinds and national
tiles will salute Fortress Monroe this
summer than have burnt powder in
those waters since the Columbus Gel
ebration of 1892. Our own entire
North Atlantic squadron, and more,
will gather for the opening ceremo-
MES; and ships from England,
France, Germany, Japan, Russia,
Brazil, etc., are expected from time
to time until November. The Japan
ese vessels, under vice Admiral
Ijuin, sailed February % from Yoko-
hama, and are expected to attack
jamestown in force some time in
May, capturing the public school ex-
hibit without loss of life and occupy
ing the California building on the an
niversary of the earthquake.
Boat races among the crew of va
rious nationalities will form a part of