FIRESIDE CHAT: Benjamin Rush, Civic Health, and Human Illness in the Early...“A Stupendous Folly:” Philadelphia Celebrates America’s Sesquicentennial, Presented by Sarah Weatherwax Tuesday, July 11, 7:00 pm Virtual Event
“A Stupendous Folly:” Philadelphia Celebrates America’s Sesquicentennial, Presented by Sarah Weatherwax
Tuesday, July 11, 7:00 pm
Virtual Event
Members: Free, Nonmembers: $10
Civic leaders are beginning to formulate plans of how America will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. Join Senior Curator of Graphic Arts Sarah Weatherwax for an exploration of how we celebrated America’s 150th anniversary. For six months in 1926, Philadelphia hosted the Sesquicentennial International Exposition, a world’s fair designed to attract millions of visitors from near and far. Plagued by bad weather, construction delays, and a general lack of public enthusiasm, however, the fair was largely a failure. From posters to postcards, promotional brochures to photographs, Weatherwax will review the Sesquicentennial material in the Library Company’s holdings.
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