Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-02-20
HISTORICAL EXPOSITION
Grand Collection Colonial and
Revolutionary Relics

col position, which opens April 20, @
s ov' Hampton Rosds. near Norfoll
Nv w Virginia, will be enabled to %
in the greatest collection of historj
ter relics and heirlooms ever brough
The together In this country. This
Ire made possible because OF the fac
y, 90 that a fire-proof historic reli
~ building has been erected at tn
be Exposition and protection thu
w. assured has been the means Of Sc
curing many priceless artic.el
"A which have hitherto been unob
~ tainable.
: The majority Of these antiquitie,
:, are found within the confines OF
80 the original thirteen colonies, bit
. not all by any means and eyery
= State in the Union will contribute
II something Of this nature to the
y collection. These relics will include
maps, letters, manuscript. school
!, books, furniture, portraits, cloth
u ing, silver, china, in fact anything
and everything illustrative of
: colonial life and the early wars. Ir
: the collection of these relics the
Daughters OF the American Revolp.
tion, the Sons or the American
revolution, the Colonial Dan es.
: the Association for the Preserya-
ton OF Virginia Antiquities and
the Daughters of the Con fedsracy.
have taken the lead. From Massa.
chusstts will come antique silver.
ware made by Paul Revere; from
Connecticut the Guilford Antiques.
900 pieces of furniture including
thousand-leg chair, high. boy,
Hipplewhite sofa and ball and
claw tables. From here will also
come the blue and white china.
English old blue and the dainty
Barbotte china. From Virginia,
Pennsylvania, Maryland and from
all the colonies will come Revolu.
tionary relics and colonial heir.
looms.
First CT all this Exposition is to |
be historical aud the assets at the .
beginning were a date of great i
Significance in An erican history. q
solitary ruin of deserted town
site, truly magnificent and historic y
rivers and location which teens u
with interest and abounds with ~
relics Of colonial times. Williams. II
burg. the old colonial capital of ~
Virginia, the seat Of William and II
Mary College and of the fine old
Bruton church, where many of the CO
fathers Of the republic worshipped, 81
. itself worth long journey. IN
Then there ere the battlefields of as
he Revolution and the Civil War 81
md Yorktown and Appomattox. Gil
Wherever enc turns there is the III
ense of the concentration of his
Dry in small space. The great tn
arbor OF Hampton Roads where as
1852 occurred the great naval dill
Engagement between the Merrimac pr,
nd Monitor, Is glorious In it's ar,
ea1ty. II there were no Exposi. mo
on and no naval or industrial dis The
|ays, visit to thi, historic sec. Elk
On would give back richly to :
'sry intelligent traveller. Rel
The interest in this Exposition ia
home and abroad is growing in yer
tensity every day and indica. Am
'ns point to an attendance of lars
ON ten to fifteen millions of PEG wat
e. The magnificent Exposition $50
ildings are nearing comp letion it's
are also the government struc- tim
res, including the grand piers feet
d the mammoth aquarium, while A
autiful State buildinss are no )
'irging into the scens under the .s ~
lding hands OF hundreds Of from
lied worl men. Nearly every and
tie has recognized the import b;s
'e of being represented at this yelo,
torical and Industrial Expcsi. IL
Q, eithe; by exhibits alone or by ,,hiI
'ibits and buildings. The State Ionr
ldlngs nearly all frort on VIII .n,
ghby Boulevard and Hamilton =, -
Ids and with their spacious ara
ardas they afford advantageous aon,
itions from which to view ths
al displays in the harbor. These ~
dings are Of great variety tf no
in tie main, however, s'I ia
to the colonial architec, Com
design of the Exposition Som. ~. T,a'e
he States have reproduced like u
es OF famous homes or halls WY
these add much to the historic W., ~, u
oIes Of the celebration. '"Ri
'nnsylvania will reproduce Old 'nat
pendence Hall, in design and l 1,
il corresponding to the famous guy
idle of Liberty" in philadel- equa''
The old Liberty Bell will be !" 'rS
r. If parnsvIvania,a h;o,.;oI crease
Vi ioHhoyiFhuid nistoflcal
bit in this building. Mary 1he
will reproduce the home of instru
les Carroll, of CarrolIton. ons their
10 signers of the Declaration any PC
dependence. One of the rooms liquor
ls building will be fashioned pany's
the chamber in the old State rrscaa
. at Annapolis where Wash protect
n resigned his G on NJ ission as injury
ander-in. chief of the Con. and to
.al army. Kentucky will cafety
a model of Daniel Boone's whom
9 it appeared In Boonesboro Orders
hundred years ago. Georgia force o
ave "Bulloch Hall - the Gid In the